 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atllt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; He... | |
 | 1849 - 648 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 'e never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illuminated being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice. And there 's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and rings ;... | |
 | 1851 - 856 pages
...some happy creature's palace ; Tlit littíe bird sits at hit door in tïie sun A lilt like a Mossotn among the leaves, And lets his Illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives. His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings —... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. The little bird sits at the door in the sun, Atilt, like a blossom, among the...being o'errun With the deluge of Summer it receives. A DAY IN JUNE. 127 His mate feels the eggs, beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ;... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun In Its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lots his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; HU mate feels the eggs beneath... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...its chalice, And there's never a leaf era blade too mean To be some liaypy creature's palace ; T;ie little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a Mossom among the leaves, Ani lets his illumined being o'emm With the deluge of summer it receives ;... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catahes the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ;... | |
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Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush... 
