...portraits of the same men however perfect in resemblance and admirable in execution. The Vision of Sir I. 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 ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen,...

...dipperfull of drops that may be drawn out from among them ? CHAPTER XIV. if A DRIVE WITH THE DOCTOR. * 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 ear lays." — Lowell. " All lives have their...

...dipperfull of drops that may be drawn out from among them ? CHAPTEE XIV. A DRIVE WITH THE DOCTOR. " 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 ear lays." — Lowell. " All lives have their...

...guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XCV.— SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWEI^L. 1. 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 ear lays; Whether we look or whether we listen,...

...be had for the asking. No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest 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 ear lays : Whether we look, orwhether we listen....

...under the trees, in lovely summer weather, the kind of day of which Lowell thought when he wrote : " And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days." When the sky is a beautiful deep blue, with fluffy white clouds scattered in billowy masses over its...

...troubling and the weary are at rest." 'Joyous' example for 'pure quality'and happy'median streu. " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days j Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,...

...last time that little Peter meddled with his grandma's pen and ink. ^- -l JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. WHAT is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days. I believe some great poet has said the same thing. But, bless you ! the birds have sung it every summer...

...heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking. The Vision of Sir Launfal. 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 ear lays. Ibid. This child is not mine as the...

...contains that happy form of words which has gone into the current commonplace of poetical quotation — And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days. Mr. Lowell's quality is not such as to have enriched the commonplace books with many passages of similar...