 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 Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice,2 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, Atilt3 like a blossom among the leaves And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | 1875 - 448 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...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...; 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...palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, A-tilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun 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 like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | 1876 - 294 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 of summer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 pages
...Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green, 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 of summer... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun 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 th.8 sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernm With the deluge... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1876 - 458 pages
...green ; The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too m&aP 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 - 1877 - 572 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun 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 like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernm With the deluge of summer... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 pages
...green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there 'ยป never a leaf or a blade too IIKMII To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, A-tilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernin With the deluge of summer... | |
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