 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;...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5041851Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'ernm With the deluge of summer itreeeives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the...breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? New is the high-tide of... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1878 - 460 pages
...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...breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best f Joy comes, grief goes,... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pages
...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...breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1878 - 412 pages
...to a soul in grass and flowers ; 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." A striking example of both qualities may be taken from the dialogue between " Old Shylock" and " Portia."... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...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...breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the... | |
 | 1889 - 688 pages
...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...breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? " I quote this merely to... | |
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 pages
...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...breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of... | |
 | Choice poems - 1879 - 206 pages
...lavish— bountiful. 4 chalut — cup. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt1 like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun...breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...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...And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; 55 He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1879 - 296 pages
...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...And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; s. Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with... | |
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