 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...  T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex - Pagina 365door Titus Lucretius Carus - 1884 - 385 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lucian (of Samosata.) - 1885 - 224 pagina’s
...arrangement. Not rare in English, as Milton, ' dulcet symphonies and voices sweet ' ; and Lowell, ' Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; ' see also second line of poetry quoted just below. They appeal to Lucían for decision, and plead... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pagina’s
...perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays:2 Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;8 Every clod feels4 a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pagina’s
...perfect days ; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays:2 Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten;8 Every clod feels4 a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1886 - 752 pagina’s
...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 a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly... | |
 | 1886 - 552 pagina’s
...come perfect days; Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm car lays. Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs... | |
 | Florence Montgomery - 1886 - 366 pagina’s
...beauty on a June morning ! What a wealth of colour in the landscape ! What a world of song in the air ! Whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten. Every clod feels a stir of night — An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pagina’s
...perfect days ; Then heaven tries the earth if it 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 stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, ^ And, groping blindly... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1887 - 380 pagina’s
...popular heart as this. How the musical words and majestic thoughts weave themselves together ! — " 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 reaches and towers, And, groping blindly... | |
 | Mary L. McMurphy - 1887 - 168 pagina’s
...steamer, — for Venice has not escaped the modern boat with its unmusical engine. Let us look, "For whether we look or whether we listen, We hear life murmur or see it glisten," and we see life full of charming activity. The gondoliers bending in perfect rhythm to the motion of... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pagina’s
...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 a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers And, groping blindly... | |
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