 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...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 111by James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...and the poet revels in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass andjloicer!, The cowslip startles in... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 ;...valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The outtercup catches the sun In its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm car lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten...An Instinct within it that reaches and towers; And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 648 pages
...glisten ; 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...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 'e never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ;... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glUten : Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And grayling blinJly above it for light, Ctintbt to a »oul in grass andjioieers." Or turn the page to... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...18 Ч 2 thi. 1047 245 30 Fr. 456 6 58 14 2 458 3 19 Ч 2f kn. 1141 3 39 13 APKIL hath 30 days. 1869 Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within...for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &o. Farmer's Calendar. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...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...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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...tries the earth, if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays ; Whether we loot, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1851 - 856 pages
...empty from his door ; That is no true alms ichich the hand can hold." " ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasjñng blindly а/юге it for li¡¡ktt Climb» to a soul itiyra#$ andßotcers. The cowslip startles... | |
 | England - 1851 - 792 pages
...and the poet revels in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether wo look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for liylU, Climla to a soul in grass and Jloicers. The cowslip startles in... | |
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