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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations ? shut away vt sep (= put away) → wegschließen; (in sth) → einschließen (→ in in +dat); (= keep locked away) books, papers etc → unter Verschluss halten; (safely) → verwahren; persons → verborgen halten; to keep somebody shut away from something → jdn von etw fernhalten; he was shut away in a mental hospital → er wurde in eine Nervenklinik gesteckt; to shut oneself away → sich zurückziehen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And though there is no laughter in this poem, it shows a power of feeling joy as well as sorrow, which makes us sad when we remember how long the poet was shut away from common human life. This morning was he out of his mind, and in his fancy we were boy and girl again and wandering in the happy fields; and so in that innocent glad converse wandered he far and farther, still lightly gossiping, and entered into those other fields we know not of, and was shut away from mortal sight. You poor cold little crittur shut away in a drawer, are you dead or just sleeping? |
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