 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...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 smong the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate... | |
 | Mark Bailey - 1880 - 74 pages
...'Joyous' example for 'pure quality' and happy 'median stress.' " And what is so rare as a day in June ? "Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life...striking example of both qualities may be taken from tho dialogue between " Old Shylock" and " Portia." The tones of Shylock's voice, to express his spite... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; ps : His day is marching on. 1 have read a fiery gospel,...writ in burnished rows of steel : "As ye deal with ; His mate feels the eggs beneath lier wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ;... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...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...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernm With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart... | |
 | William Fearing Gill - 1880 - 496 pages
...fainting hearts That crave a little summer now and here. SONNET. SONNET. BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. HE little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'crrun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1880 - 286 pages
...him. 7. The blood dropped out of her cheeks, as the mercury drops from a broken barometer tube. 8. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, atilt like a blossom among the leaves. 9. With wings folded, I rest on mine airy nest, as still as a brooding dove. 10. Their lives glide... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...familiar quotations. On what is the figure in this passage founded? 42. Climhs . . . Howers. Explain. 6. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, 50 And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 498 pages
...of fire, The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. SHELLEY. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives. LOWELL. The splendor falls on castle walls, And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...in its chalice. And there 's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ;... | |
 | 1881 - 222 pages
...in its chalice, 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...being o'errun . With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He... | |
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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; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings;... 
