 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...  What I Believe, and why I Believe it - Page 14by Reynold E. Blight - 1913 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. 5. The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles... | |
 | 1875 - 448 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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, grasping blindly above it for light, The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and... | |
 | Rush Rhees Shippen - 1875 - 400 pages
...softly her warm ear lays. 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, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. The flush of life may well... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1875 - 44 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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 tower* And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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 for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; Th*e flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...softly her warm ear lays : 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...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1876 - 262 pages
...the topmost height of our modern civilization, there is evident a force of uplifting and onlooking. " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." What the poet here sings of the lower life of the spring may be taken as typical of the grand truth... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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 for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in... | |
 | 1876 - 294 pages
...her warm ear lays : 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 for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 264 pages
...the topmost height of our modern civilization, there is evident a force of uplifting and onlooking. " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." What the poet here sings of the lower life of the spring may be taken as typical of the grand truth... | |
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