 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. We hear life murmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels...  A Literary History of America - Page 399by Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 574 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1876 - 294 pages
...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, or whether we listen,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...the asking ; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And 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, or whether we listen,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 pages
...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 laysjy Whether we look, or whether we listen'... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...better of his poetic sensibility, and to have spoiled a great poet to make a great critic. RXTRACTS. L And what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect clays ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. Sir Launfal.... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1876 - 446 pages
...of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold." It was a perfect day of June. And what is so rare as n day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in time, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen,... | |
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...flowers exhale a delicious fragrance, and the feathered minstrels pipe away joyously from tree and brush. 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. Nature is at her best, and circumstances... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...whole soul's tasking : 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 davs ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...forgotten, O summer swallow, But the world shall end when I forget. AC Siuinbuirne. SUMMER-TIME. 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: And whether we look, or whether... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1879 - 296 pages
...Wake, mark or trace. 1. 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, or whether we listen,... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1879 - 362 pages
...pass away! " There is no price set on the lavish summer, And 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, or whether we listen,... | |
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