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
| California. State Board of Education - 1889 - 172 pages
...6. 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...illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer he receives. His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast nutters and... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1889 - 248 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...in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, 50 And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the... | |
| Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1889 - 244 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...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. 3. The little bird sits at his door in the sun Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his... | |
| Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 382 pages
...old-fashioned country seat. Across its antique portico Tall poplar-trees their shadows throw." n. " The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt, like a blossom, among the leaves." "Before her home, in her accustomed seat, The tidy grandam spins beneath the shade Of the old honeysuckle... | |
| Thomas William Herringshaw - 1890 - 1032 pages
...Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows preen. The buttercup catches the suu in its chalice: And there's never a leaf nor a blade...palace. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atllt like a blossom among the leaves. And lets his illumined being o'errun With the delupe of summer... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 370 pages
...buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, / And theirs never a leaf nor a blade too mean \ \ To Jre some happy creature's palace ; \ The little bird sits...the leaves, And. lets his illumined being o'errun o With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And .the heart... | |
| Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick - 1890 - 152 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...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; ****** Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it;... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 452 pages
...valleys; 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...creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 560 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...creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in tht, sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 562 pages
...leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in tha sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets...illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer itreceives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and... | |
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