 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest,—...song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1859 - 876 pages
...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,...creek, and bay ; Now the heart is so full that a drop overlills it, We are happy now, because God so wills it ; No matter how barren the past may have been,... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 pages
...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...In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? It is to be regretted that the mountains are not visited during the splendid days of the early summer.... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 436 pages
...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...In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? It is to be regretted that the mountains are not visited during the splendid days of the early summer.... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1860 - 878 pages
...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,...the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice car of Nature, which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath... | |
 | 1862 - 432 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge ot summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...ear of nature which song is the best ? Now is the high tide of the year. And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer,... | |
 | William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 pages
...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...In the nice ear of Nature, which song is the best ? " Lowell is the wittiest writer of the day. His " Fable for Critics" is most excellent of its kind.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun THE % r ISION OF SIR LAUNFAL. 305 He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest,—...song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the year, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay ; Now.the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are... | |
 | 1865 - 804 pages
...deluge of summer he receives. * * • Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebb'd away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer Into...creek and bay. Now the heart is so full that a drop o'erfills it : We are happy now because God so wills it. * • • Joy comes, grief goes we know not... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1866 - 980 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mute feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast,...whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes flooding back, witharipply cheer, Into every hare inlet, and creek, and bay ; Now the heart is so full that a drop... | |
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The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt 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;... 
