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" The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings;... "
The Ladies' Reader: Designed for the Use of Ladies' Schools and Family ... - Page 408
by John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 425 pages
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Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1882 - 686 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...In the nice ear of Nature, which song is the best? 7. Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with...
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Studies in English and American Literature, from Chaucer to the Present Time ...

Albert Newton Raub - 1882 - 480 pages
...meaning of deluge of summer. What figure in the line? 55. Meaning of this line as applied to humanity? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of...ripply cheer, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay ; 80 Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it ; No...
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The poetical works of James Russell Lowell. Household ed. Complete ed

James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...lets his ilinmined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; í His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she ID her nest, — In the nice earof Nature which song is the best ? ; Now is the high-tide of the year,...
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American Horticultural Society - 1883 - 326 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...In the nice ear of Nature, which song is the best ? ADORNING RURAL HOMES. BY MRS. D. HL'NTLEY, OF WISCONSIN. The outward surroundings of the homes of...
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Voices for the Speechless: Selections for Schools and Private Reading

1883 - 270 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. THE LIVING SWAN. Then some one'came who said, " My Prince had shot A swan,...
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Transactions of the American Horticultural Society, Volume 1

American Horticultural Society - 1883 - 324 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...and sings, He sings to the wide world and she to her nestIn the nice ear of Nature, which song is the best ? ADORNING RURAL HOMES. BY MRS. D. HUNTLE Y,...
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The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal ..., Volume 32

1883 - 748 pages
...forcible than "flew over," etc. ? Why ? 7. Define crypt, arabesques, seneschal, corbel, grewsome. 8. "He sings to the wide world and she to her nest, —...In the nice ear of nature which song is the best?" Is there anything meant in this couplet more than a comparison between the songs of the two birds ?...
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Ohio Educational Monthly, Volume 32

1883 - 642 pages
...forcible than "flew over," etc. ? Why ? 7. Define crypt, arabesques, seneschal, corbel, grewsome. 8. "He sings to the wide world and she to her nest, —...In the nice ear of nature which song is the best?" Is there anything meant in this couplet more than a comparison between the songs of the two birds ?...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...leaves. And lets his illumined being o'emm With the deluge of summer it receives; Bin mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...best ? Now Is the high-tide of the year, And whatever in life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with n, ripply cheer, Into every tmrc inlet and creek and...
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A System of Rhetoric

Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He slugs to the wide world, and she to her nest,— In the...best? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever in life hath ebbed away Conies flooding back with a ripply cheer. Into every bure inlet and creek and...
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