Harvest ( page 192 ).
Questions.
1. What is the original meaning of harvest? its later meaning? 2. How does harvest compare with crop? 3. What is produce? How does it differ from product? 4. What is the meaning of proceeds? yield? return? 5. Is harvest capable of figurative use, and in what sense? 6. What is the special meaning of harvest-home? harvest-tide? harvest-time?
Examples.
Just tickle the earth with a hoe, and she laughs with an abundant ——.
And the ripe —— of the new-mown hay gives it a sweet and wholesome odor.
It soweth here with toil and care
But the —— of love is there.
Of no distemper, of no blast he died,
But fell like autumn —— that mellowed long.