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... Coleridge's Ancient Mariner - Page 17by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1889 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1849 - 390 pages
...above it for light, Climbs to a sonl in grass and flowers; The flnsh of life may well be sesn Thrillin" back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The bnttercnp catches the snn in its cha!icet And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...glisten"; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass...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 little bird sits at the door in the sun,... | |
| Joseph Edward Adams Smith - 1852 - 230 pages
..." Every clod feels a stir of might,— An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back, over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows... | |
| Joseph Edward Adams Smith - 1852 - 238 pages
...Every clod feels a stir of might, — An Instinct -within It that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul In grass and flowers ; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back, over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pages
...towers, And. gnuping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in gra.su and flowers ; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; Tlii- cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun In Its chalice, And there's... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1856 - 46 pages
...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, ;1 ^TU-i-^ Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of...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 little bird sits... | |
| Andrew Jackson Downing, George William Curtis - 1856 - 650 pages
...said, " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers ; And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." From the time when the maple hangs out its little tufts of ruddy threads on the wood side, or the first... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 pages
...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...The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catahes the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life may well be seen An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for, light, Thrilling... | |
| Robert Morris Copeland - 1859 - 876 pages
...instinct within it, that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a*6oul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well...valleys ; The Cowslip startles in meadows green, The Buttereup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy... | |
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