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 New Jersey Magazine - Page 3781867Full view - About this book
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...in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten : Every clod feels...it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass andjloicer!, The cowslip startles in meadows green, The... | |
| Fashion - 740 pages
...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 ; Every clod feels...within it that reaches and towers; And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. GENERAL REMARKS.... | |
| Literature - 1849 - 648 pages
...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...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 be seen Thrilling... | |
| 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 it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. Aspects, Holidays, Events,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...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...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 be seen Thrilling... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...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 ; Every clod feels...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 be seen Thrilling... | |
| England - 1851 - 792 pages
...in a description of the glories of the summer : — ' Whether wo look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten : Every clod feels...it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for liylU, Climla to a soul in grass and Jloicers. The cowslip startles in meadows green,... | |
| Scotland - 1851 - 856 pages
...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 : Every clod feels...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... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...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 stir of might. An Instinct within us that reaches and towers. And, grasping hlindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in gross and... | |
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