| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1881 - 514 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'crrun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the... | |
| Education - 1911 - 458 pages
...butterfly wings. (B) Oh, ho! it is June, and the blushing roses Blossom lavishly everywhere. JUNE 6 (A) The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves. (B) Woodland odors, faint and rare, Of fern and wild rose scent the air. — WW CALDWELL. JUNE 7 (A)... | |
| William Swinton - English literature - 1882 - 686 pages
...flowers. Explain. 46. The buttercup . . . chalice. What is the figure ? Express in plain language. 6. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings : He... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a bladt too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernm With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart... | |
| American Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1883 - 326 pages
...worth knowing. "And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings, He... | |
| American Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1883 - 322 pages
...worth knowing. "And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings, He... | |
| Education - 1883 - 270 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace : The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ;... | |
| James Edward Murdoch - Elocution - 1884 - 510 pages
...in its chalice. And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be -imc happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun \\ith the deluge of summer it receives; II:. mate feels (he eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...Home happy creature's palace; The little bird nits at his door in the Him, A-tilt on a blossom onions the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings. And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; lie... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1887 - 472 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, , Atilt...illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer itreceives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and... | |
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