 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfeet days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And...listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every elod feels a stir of might, An instinet within it that reaches and towers, And groping blindly above... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, 35 And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we...see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, 40 And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to... | |
 | Mark Bailey - Elocution - 1880 - 74 pages
...'Joyous' example for 'pure quality' and happy 'median stress.' " And what is so rare as a day in June ? "Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...see it glisten ; 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... | |
 | Almira Leach Hayward - Birthday books - 1880 - 300 pages
...had by the poorest comer. 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. JR Lowell. The bobolink has come, and, like the sovil Of the sweet season vocal in a bird, Gurgles... | |
 | Education - 1903 - 710 pages
...understanding of the individual lines. When she asked them what picture they had in mind for the lines, — " Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays," no one saw any picture. " What musician," she continued, " hugs his instrument under his ear, as if... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; te to many a land ; How he, who lone lavs : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels... | |
 | 1915 - 708 pages
...water should be stopped and a physician sent for. JUNE Sixth month Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. James Russell Lowell Day of month Day of week Anniversaries Calendar for longitude of Hudson river... | |
 | Mark Bailey - Elocution - 1880 - 80 pages
...'Joyous' example for 'pure quality' and happy 'median stress.' " And what is so rare as a day in June 1 Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...see it glisten ; 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... | |
 | Poetry - 1982 - 348 pages
...Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 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...hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels the stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And , groping blindly above it for... | |
 | Anna Botsford Comstock - Education - 1939 - 916 pages
...represented by crosses ( + ) have south declination. 850 851 THE RELATIONS OF THE SUN TO THE EARTH Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten. — LOWELL All this murmuring and glistening life on our earth planet has its source in the great sun... | |
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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... 
