 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
 | Robert Morris Copeland - 1866 - 944 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... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 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, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 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... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 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... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...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...happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at the door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With... | |
 | 1869 - 588 pages
...birds — for a sparrow's song would fill his heart to overflowing at any time — has excelled this: " The little bird sits at his door in the sun, A tilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets hie illuminod being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives 212 213 His mate feels the eggs beneath... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 438 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...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the egg beneath her wings, And the heart... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1872 - 460 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'errnn With the deluge of summer... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 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... | |
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