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
| George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 Seiten
...'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...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 little bird sits... | |
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Choice poems - 1879 - 206 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... | |
| John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1879 - 296 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 look,...might, An instinct 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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 Seiten
...ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her wann ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen,...might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers. And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in gniss and (lowers ; The Hush of life may... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 Seiten
...as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; 35 Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,...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... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 Seiten
...as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; 35 Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,...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... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 Seiten
...see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, 40 An instinct within it that reaches and lower*, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to...well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; 45 The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's... | |
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