 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...  A System of Rhetoric - Page 246by Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 673 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 740 pages
...pretty. Paris, May 10th. THE GARDEN. — JUN E. " 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 car lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod... | |
 | 1849 - 648 pages
...publication. A DAY IN JUNE. AND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; The heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over...we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers,... | |
 | 1867 - 796 pages
...what is so rare as a day in Jane, Then it ever com ^ perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth it' it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays....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,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...summer, And June may be 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...we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...flat. BEEN ; bin, not bfn. WARM ; sound the r. AND what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth, if...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 a stir of might,... | |
 | 1855 - 724 pages
...the following is from the First Prelude : — " And what is to rare as a day In June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if...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.... | |
 | 1849 - 390 pages
...snrpassed by any passage of English poetry : And what is so rare as a day in Jnne ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tnne, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether \ve look, or whether we listen, We hear life mnrmnr,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...dearer to me, and my infant buds, Than the loudest breath of fame." as n JR LoaxU. YIT HAT is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if over, come perfect days ; 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 pages
...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...And over it softly her warm ear lays ; Whether we loo&, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...he had thought of quoting the words of Lowell, — "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." External nature had somewhat spoiled his intended speech, but ram in the country when the grass is... | |
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