 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...  New Outlook - Page 1851913Full view - About this book
 | 1876 - 294 pages
...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...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 pages
...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...within it that reaches and towers And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 pages
...perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear laysjy Whether we look, or whether we listen' ' We hear life...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 pages
...perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it s6ftly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light* Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. 5. The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 pages
...by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June ? And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; Th*e flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 264 pages
...the topmost height of our modern civilization, there is evident a force of uplifting and onlooking. " 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 soul in grass and flowers." What the poet here sings of the lower life... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1876 - 262 pages
...the topmost height of our modern civilization, there is evident a force of uplifting and onlooking. " 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 soul in grass and flowers." What the poet here sings of the lower life... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...perfect davs ; 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...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, (.'limbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The Hush of life nmy well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1897 - 428 pages
...joyful harmony, when " 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...within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly abo%-e it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." His paintings and sketches stir in one... | |
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