 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
 | Robert Collyer - 1877 - 368 pages
...spirits that stand nearest the immanent glory ; and, on the other, that mystery of life in which — "Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, feeling blindly toward the light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." And I have made this brief... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1877 - 992 pages
...penetrative imagination displayed in single pictures is wonderful ; take for instance the four lines : Every clod feels a stir of might An instinct within it that reaches and towers ; And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. Mr. Lowell's later poems... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 pages
...'Joyous ' example for 'pure quality' and happy 'median stress.' " And what is so rare as a day in June ? 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 little bird sits at his door in the... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth, if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: And 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 well... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 400 pages
...what is so rare as a day in June ? Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life niunnur, or sec it glisten, Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, gropmg blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The little bird sits at his... | |
 | William Rounseville Alger - 1878 - 1042 pages
...its animate and builded receptacles up to the level of vegetation, creates the world of plants. '* Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within It that reaches and towers, And, gripping blindly above it for light. Climbs to a HOU! in gross and flowure." On the level of sensation,... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 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... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1879 - 296 pages
...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...within it that reaches and towers, And groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. 2. The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth, if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : And 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 well... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...perfect days; 35 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...see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, 40 An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to... | |
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