And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir... An American Anthology, 1787-1900 - Page 204edited by - 1901 - 878 pagesFull view - About this book
| England - 1851 - 786 pages
...sallies from his castle, and the poet revels in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass andjloicer!, The cowslip startles in... | |
| Fashion - 740 pages
...ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm car lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear...An Instinct within it that reaches and towers; And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.... | |
| American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...what is so rare as a day in Jane, Then it ever com ^ perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth it' it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays....or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glUten : Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And grayling... | |
| Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...18 Ч 2 thi. 1047 245 30 Fr. 456 6 58 14 2 458 3 19 Ч 2f kn. 1141 3 39 13 APKIL hath 30 days. 1869 Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &o. Farmer's Calendar. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...comer. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...Then heaven tries the earth, if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays ; Whether we loot, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...— " And what is to rare as a day In June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm...Every clod feels a stir of might. An Instinct within us that reaches and towers. And, grasping hlindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in gross and... | |
| Scotland - 1851 - 856 pages
...the poor, Though I turn me empty from his door ; That is no true alms ichich the hand can hold." " ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasjñng blindly а/юге it for li¡¡ktt Climb» to a soul itiyra#$ andßotcers. The cowslip startles... | |
| England - 1851 - 792 pages
...from his castle, and the poet revels in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether wo look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for liylU, Climla to a soul in grass and Jloicers. The cowslip startles in... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...in June ? Then, if over, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And o'er it softly her warm ear lays ": Whether we look, or...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may... | |
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