 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...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 111by James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Starr King - 1859 - 438 pages
...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;...light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1859 - 876 pages
...instinct within it, that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a*6oul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well...valleys ; The Cowslip startles in meadows green, The Buttereup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 pages
...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;...light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice. And there's never... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 436 pages
...tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm cur lavs: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;...And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to n soul in grass and flowers; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1860 - 878 pages
...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...feels a stir of might, An instinct within it, that readies and towers, And, grasping blindly ahove it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether wo listen, We hear Hie murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may... | |
 | 1861 - 588 pages
...AUOtTST. Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear Life murmur, or lee It glisten ; Every clod feeli a stir of might. An Instinct within It that reaches and towers, And grasping bllndlj above tt for light, Climbs to a soul In grass and flowers. LOWILL. HE farmer's life... | |
 | 1862 - 432 pages
...he in tune, And over it softly her warm car lays : Whether we look, or whether, we listen, We henr life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels...in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well "bo seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup... | |
 | William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 pages
...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...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...tries the earth if it be in tone, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;...light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
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