LISTEN ([page 232]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does hear signify? What does listen add to the meaning of hear? 2. What does attend add to the meaning of listen? 3. What does heed further imply? 4. What is the difference between listen for and listen to?
EXAMPLES.
And ——! how blithe the throstle sings;
He, too, is no mean preacher;
Till I —— and ——
If a step draweth near.
Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
Has grown familiar with your song;
I —— it in the opening year,
I ——, and it cheers me long.
——, every one
That —— may, unto a tale
That's merrier than the nightingale.
The men lay silent in the tall grass —— for the signal gun that should bid them rise and charge.