 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XCV.— SUMMER. .1 .Y 11 is I >r*iKi.i. 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 over it softly her warm ear lays ; Whether we look or whether we listen,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...rather rapid than medium, force moderate, expression animated 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 over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen,... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking, There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is...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,... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 352 pages
...given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking, There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is...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,... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...crack the voice of Melody, And break the legs of Time. The Music-Grinileirs. 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... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1869 - 524 pages
...contains that happy form of words which has gone into the current commonplace of poetical quotation, — And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days. Mr. Lowell's quality is not such as to have enriched the commonplace books with many passages of similar... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...rather rapid than medium, force moderate, expression animated 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 over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen,... | |
 | 1869 - 588 pages
...winter, which appear in the preludes, are among the finest in the language. 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."... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 pages
...troubling and the weary are at rest." 'Joyous' example for 'pure quality' and happy 'median stress.' " 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 Bartlett - 1872 - 864 pages
...that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking. The Vision of Sir Launfal. nd 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. Ibid. This child is not mine as the... | |
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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... 
