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
| Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 pages
...seen Thrilling back over woodlands 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... | |
| Susan Warner - 1878 - 600 pages
...and valleys ; The cowslip startles in meadows green. The buttercup catches the sun tn its chalic", And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. " 1\/TRS' CAXTONi" said Mr- RnXs the next morning, when 1VJ. half the breakfast had been passed in... | |
| Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...seen Thrilling back over woodlands 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... | |
| 1880 - 592 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... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 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, 50 Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 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... | |
| John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1879 - 296 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... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 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, 50 Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| 1889 - 690 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 Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 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... | |
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