 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1853 - 300 pages
...; ch like tah. BENEATH ; e long in each syllable, th flat. BEEN ; Inn, not bin. WAESI ; sound ther. AND what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, corne perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth, if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...dearer to me, and my infant buds, Than the loudest breath of fame." $t gag in |m». j; .R. IVfHAT is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And o'er it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...preludes therein contain some lovely sketches of nature; the following is from the First Prelude : — " 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 : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Kvery clod feel;*... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...crack the voice of Melody, And break the legs of Time. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. The Vision of Sir Launfal. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. The Changeling. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June V Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries...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... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - New Hampshire - 1859 - 438 pages
...equal it ; and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold." It was a perfect day of June. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever,...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... | |
 | Robert Morris Copeland - Agriculture - 1859 - 876 pages
...prose : — " There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had hy the poorest comer. " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...shall serve him, and shall see his face." THE MERIIY MONTH OF JUXE.-JA*Es RUSSELL LOWELL. Oh ! what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether wo listen, We hear Hie murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - White Mountains - 1860 - 436 pages
...exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold." It was a perfect day of June. And what is so rare ns a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then...earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm cur lavs: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod... | |
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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... 
