 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 - 1901 - 574 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 480 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; 35 Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...swallow, But the world shall end when I forget. AC Stvinburne. 148 SUMMER-TIME. 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... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 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; 35 Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...for the asking. 3-^ No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest comer. 4. 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, 35 And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...the asking ; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And Juue may be had by the poorest comer. e. How his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lavs : Whether we look, or whether we listen,... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - 1880 - 300 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. JR Lowell. The bobolink has come,... | |
 | 1903 - 710 pages
...lines. When she asked them what picture they had in mind for the lines, — " Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays," no one saw any picture. " What musician," she continued, " hugs his instrument under his ear, as if... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 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 perfeet days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays :... | |
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