And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries 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 a... American Poems (1625-1892) - Seite 405herausgegeben von - 1912 - 669 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 Seiten
...Then, if ever, come 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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| 1876 - 294 Seiten
...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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 Seiten
...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...might, 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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 Seiten
...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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 Seiten
...or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to...and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 Seiten
...Then, if ever, come 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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 Seiten
...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...might, An instinct 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... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1897 - 428 Seiten
...and water seem linked in tender and joyful harmony, when " Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we...might, An instinct 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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 Seiten
...as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect davs ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,...might, An instinct 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... | |
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