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brtom (2493 words)
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dickinsonian, by brtom
Sima Yi's list, by simayi
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AWAKE, Æolian lyre, awake,
And give to rapture all thy trembling strings.
From Helicon's harmonious springs
A thousand rills their mazy progress take;
The laughing flowers that round them blow
Drink life and fragrance as they flow.
Now the rich stream of music winds along
Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong,
Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres' golden reign;
Now rolling down the steep amain
Headlong, impetuous, see it pour:
The rocks and nodding groves re-bellow to the roar.
- T. Gray, 'The Progress of Poesy'.
1. A small brook; a rivulet.
2. A long narrow straight valley on the moon's surface.
(Low German rille or Dutch ril, running stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.)