 And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels...  The New Jersey Magazine - Page 3781867Full view - About this book
 | Sermons, American - 1889 - 690 pages
...more wonderful than the reality. Here, again, let me give a few lines from " Sir Launfal " : — " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." Did you ever think how... | |
 | Sermons, American - 1880 - 592 pages
...spires for the sunlight, — such facts as these make up the inexhaustible marvel of the spring. " Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." Shall I tell you the meaning... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 480 pages
...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, 40 An instinct within it that reaches and lower*, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 596 pages
...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, 40 An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lavs : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear d on high ; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With...ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal hard did groaning groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1880 - 286 pages
...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. The flush of life may well... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...be in tune, 35 And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a...might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, 40 And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. 5. The flush of... | |
 | American periodicals - 1867 - 858 pages
...'it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays ; Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And (/rasping blindly above it for lif/ht, Climbs to a tout in grass and flower ; The flush of life may... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1949 - 112 pages
...death but of life. As has been so well said by the poet: "Whether we look or whether we listen, we hear life murmur or see it glisten. Every clod feels a stir of might — an instinct within it that rises and towers and, groping blindly above it for light, climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." Mr.... | |
 | United States. 80th Cong., 1st sess., 1947, United States. Congress - 1949 - 122 pages
...death but of life. As has been so well said by the poet: "Whether we look or whether we listen, we hear life murmur or see it glisten. Every clod feels a stir of might — an instinct within it that rises and towers and, groping blindly above it for light, climbs to a soul in grass and flowers." Mr.... | |
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