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... American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880 - Stran 226avtor: John Nichol - 1882 - 472 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Adeline Dutton T. Whitney - 1872 - 548 strani
...dipperfull of drops that may be drawn out from among them ? CHAPTER XIV. if A DRIVE WITH THE DOCTOR. * And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays." — Lowell. " All lives have their prose translation as well as their ideal meaning." Charles Auckestcr.... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 strani
...guess, Was — " Shelterless, shelterless, shelterless !" XCV.— SUMMER. JAMES RUSSELL LOWEI^L. 1. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 488 strani
...be had for the asking. No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, orwhether we listen. We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 strani
...'•Joyous' example for lpure 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...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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 strani
...troubling and the weary are at rest." 'Joyous' example for 'pure quality'and happy'median streu. " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days j Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 strani
...under the trees, in lovely summer weather, the kind of day of which Lowell thought when he wrote : " And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days." When the sky is a beautiful deep blue, with fluffy white clouds scattered in billowy masses over its... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1874 - 396 strani
...cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." ' example for 'pure quality'1 and happy 'median " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : 5 * Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murm|1r, or see it glisten , Every clod feels... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 strani
...heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking. The Vision of Sir Launfal. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. Ibid. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up fatherly... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 strani
...poet in America, though ho is not so well known as Mr. Longfellow. Ho was born in 1819. OH ! what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth it' it be in tune, And over it soltly her warm car lays : — A DAY IN JUNE. 157 Whether we look, or... | |
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