And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5281851Full view - About this book
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...startles in meaftows green, The buttercup catches £ie sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 436 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice. And there's never a leaf nor ft blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like 11 blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| 1862 - 432 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in ils 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 like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge ot summer... | |
| William Edwards (of Camberwell) - 1862 - 178 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...nor a blade too mean Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in... | |
| Susan Bogert Warner - 1864 - 372 pages
...be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace." • " MRS. CAXTON," said Mr. Rhys the next morning, when half the breakfast had been passed in silence,... | |
| Susan Warner - 1864 - 376 pages
...be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys : The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace." " MRS. CAXTOJST," said Mr. Rhys the next morning, when half the breakfast had been passed in silence,... | |
| Susan Warner - 1864 - 376 pages
...be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature1** palace." " MRS. CAXTON," said Mr. Rhys the next morning, when half the breakfast had been... | |
| Effie, Lady Augusta Noel - 1865 - 228 pages
...dear, no !" replied the peacock, nothing daunted. THE cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice ; And there's never...blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. ONCE upon a time, in the days of the fairies, many years ago, there lived a little fairy, who had no... | |
| 1865 - 804 pages
...be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice ; And there's never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, A-tilt... | |
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