We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing. The breeze comes whispering in our ear That dandelions are blossoming... The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 107by James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1849 - 648 pages
...help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing ; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted,...other couriers we should not lack ! We could guess it by yon heifer's lowing — And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams arc flowing. That the river is bluer than the sky, That...hard by ; And if the breeze kept the good news back, We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing,— And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing ; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted,...couriers we should not lack ; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year,... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams arc flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky. That...house hard by : And if the breeze kept the good news bock For other couriers we should not lack ; We could guess It all by yon better's lowing — And hark... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 358 pages
...help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing ; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near — That maize has...couriers we should not lack ; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 274 pages
...help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing ; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted,...sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by ; Ana if the breeze kept the good news back, We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 pages
...flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by ; Ana if the breeze kept the good news back, For other couriers we should not lack ; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year,... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pages
...help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted,...is bluer than the sky. That the robin is plastering hia house hard by : And if the breeze kept the good news back For other couriers we should not lack... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...grass is growing; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, knowing That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing,...couriers we should not lack; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing,— And hark! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams arc flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky, That...couriers we should not lack ; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing, — And hark ! how clear bold chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year,... | |
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