 And, groping blindly above 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 meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's...  The Vision of Sir Launfal - Page 31by James Russell Lowell - 1921 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there '» never a leaf or a blade too IIKMII To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernin With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 pages
...reaches and towers, And, gropmg blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives." A striking example of both qualities may be taken from the dialogue between " Old Shylock " and " Portia."... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 pages
...may well be seen Thrilling back over woodlands and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, 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 at his door in the sun,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...; The cowslip startles in meadows green. The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy...sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom smong the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...45 The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy...palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, 50 Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...45 The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy...palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, 50 Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1879 - 454 pages
...stately Juno with her peacock by her side. The poet says : — " The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace !" To my mind that's the very embodiment of June ; the idea of the sweet, warm, and yet calm happiness... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice,4 And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; 1 See Wordsworth on Intimations, etc., page 50. 2 beiicdicite — benediction, or utterance of blessing.... | |
 | 1880 - 592 pages
...life may well be seen, Thrilling back over hills and valleys. The cowslip startles in meadows green, 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 at his door in the sun,... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...may well be seen Thrilling back over woodlands and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, 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 at his door in the sun,... | |
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