| American periodicals - 1849 - 648 pages
...; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nestIn the nice ear of nature which song is the best. Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of...creek and bay ; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it ; No matter how barren the past may have been,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away...creek and bay : Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...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 year, And whatever of...creek, and bay ; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it ; We are happy now because God so wills it ; No matter how barren the past may have been,... | |
| 1849 - 390 pages
...Natnre which song is the best ? Now is the hifjh tide of the year, And whatever of life hoth ehbed away Comes flooding back, with a ripply cheer, Into...every bare inlet and creek and bay ; Now the heart n so foll that a drop overfills it, We are happy now becanse God to wills it ; No matter how barren... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...world, and she to her nest — In the nice ear of nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes flooding back, witli a ripply cheer. Into every bare inlet, and creek, and bay. Now tht? heart is so full that a drop... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of nature which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year. And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back, with a rippling cheer, Into every bare inlet, and creek, and bay. Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills... | |
| Anna Bartlett Warner - 1852 - 494 pages
...been offered a professorship in the new college at Ethan. CHAPTER XLV. TENANTS FOB THE BIRD'S NEST. " Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebb'd away Comes flooding back, with a ripply cheer, Into every bare inlet, and creek, and bay ; Now... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pages
...is the best? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes Hooding back, with a ripply cheer. Into every bare inlet, and creek, and hay, Now the heart is so full that a drop overfllls it, We are happy now because God so wills it ;... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away...creek and bay ; Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'Tis... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell; We may shut our eyes but we cannot help And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer, That skies are clear and grass is growing; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions... | |
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