 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 1. 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, •...see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 pages
...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...see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 pages
...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...look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or sec it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And,... | |
 | 1867 - 616 pages
...what Is so sweet as a day In Jnnc ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth IT It be In tune, And over It softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We heir life murmur, or see It glisten. Every clod feels a stir of might — An Instinct within It that... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 pages
...SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 1. 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...Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life mufmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 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 car lays. The Vision of Sir Lamifal. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...and almost jubilant. I. OH ! 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...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... | |
 | 1913 - 1088 pages
...from dawn till dark. June is the heyday of the year — the acme of vitality in plant and animal. " Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly within it for light, Climbs to... | |
 | 1869 - 588 pages
...Take this for a June day : " And what is so rare as a day in June Then, if ever, come porfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm car lays." And not even Chaucer, whose pages are so full of beautiful things about the birds — for... | |
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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... 
