And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's... Warren's Reading Selection - Page 248by M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back...catches the sun 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 the door in the sun,... | |
| Joseph Edward Adams Smith - Berkshire (Mass. : County) - 1852 - 230 pages
...towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back, over hills...catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a bud too mean To be some happy creature's palace." LOWELL. We found a splendid view in various... | |
| Joseph Edward Adams Smith - Berkshire (Mass. : County) - 1852 - 238 pages
...towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul In grass and flowers ; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back, over hills...The buttercup catches the sun In its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or a bud too mean To be some happy creature's palace.'1 LOWELL. "We found a splendid... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 1416 pages
...its chalice, And there's never a leaf era blade too mean To be some liaypy creature's palace ; T;ie little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a Mossom among the leaves, Ani lets his illumined being o'emm With the deluge of summer it receives ;... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pages
...towers, And. gnuping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in gra.su and flowers ; The flash of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; Tlii- cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun In Its chalice, And there's... | |
| Music - 1856 - 432 pages
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| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...well be seen An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for, light, Thrilling back over hills and valleys ; The cowslip...palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest,— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back...The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catahes the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's... | |
| Robert Morris Copeland - Agriculture - 1859 - 876 pages
...reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a*6oul in grass and flowers ; The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back...valleys ; The Cowslip startles in meadows green, The Buttereup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf or a blade too mean To be some happy... | |
| Thomas Starr King - White Mountains - 1860 - 436 pages
...reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to n soul in grass and flowers; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup...the sun in its chalice. And there's never a leaf nor ft blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun,... | |
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