 | George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 532 psl.
...troubling and the weary are at rest." 'Joyous' example for 'pure quality'and happy'median streu. " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days j Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 598 psl.
...under the trees, in lovely summer weather, the kind of day of which Lowell thought when he wrote : " And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days." When the sky is a beautiful deep blue, with fluffy white clouds scattered in billowy masses over its... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 psl.
...JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking. The Vision of Sir Launfal. And what is so rare as...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays. Ibid. This child is not mine as the first was, I cannot sing it to rest, I cannot lift it up fatherly... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1874 - 396 psl.
...cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." ' example for 'pure quality'1 and happy 'median " And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever,...it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : 5 * Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murm|1r, or see it glisten , Every clod feels... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 336 psl.
...poet in America, though ho is not so well known as Mr. Longfellow. Ho was born in 1819. OH ! what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth it' it be in tune, And over it soltly her warm car lays : — A DAY IN JUNE. 157 Whether we look, or... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1874 - 362 psl.
...contains that happy form of words which has gone into the current commonplace of poetical quotation — And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days. Mr. Lowell's quality is not such as to have enriched the commonplace books with many passages of similar... | |
 | Rush Rhees Shippen - 1875 - 400 psl.
...host of them. THERE is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers. The flush of life may well... | |
 | 1875 - 448 psl.
...for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever,...An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1875 - 44 psl.
...poorest comer. THE VISION OF SIR LAONFAL. 11 And what is so rare as a day in.June ? Then, if ever, eome perfect days ; Then- Heaven tries the earth if it...stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and tower* And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush... | |
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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... 
