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... Child Classics: The Fifth Reader - Page 341by Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1909 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 pages
...if ever come perfect days, Then Heaven tries the Earth if it he in tune And over it softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We...Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within that reaches and towers, And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers."... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...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,...see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life .may well be seen An instinct within it that... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...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 ; 6* Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping... | |
| William Rounseville Alger - 1864 - 942 pages
...pushing its animate and builded receptacles up to the level of vegetation, creates the world of plants. " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly abovo it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." On the level of sensation,... | |
| William Rounseville Alger - Future life - 1864 - 1058 pages
...pushing its animate and builded receptacles up to the level of vegetation, creates the world of plants. " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that iv;irlu>s unil towera, And, grasping blindly above it fur Ik-lit, Climbs to u soul in gnu>s and flu\\.... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...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,...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... | |
| Missions - 1865 - 804 pages
...ever, come perfect days ; Then heaven tries earth, if it be in time, And over it, softly, her warm ear lays. Whether we look or whether we listen, We...Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within which reaches and towers, And grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers.... | |
| Edward Joseph Lowe - Foliage plants - 1866 - 398 pages
...ever, como 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, '...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 well... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 68 pages
...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...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 well... | |
| Robert Morris Copeland - Agriculture - 1866 - 944 pages
...ever, eome 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,...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... | |
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