| England - 1851 - 786 pages
...startles in meadows green, The bnttercup 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 his door in the sun A tilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errnn With the deluge of summer... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The outtercup catches the sun In its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy...palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atllt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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 his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun He sings to the wide world,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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 his door in the sun, A-tilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| England - 1851 - 792 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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 his door in tltc sun Atilt like « MA'ÍSO1M awony the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge... | |
| American periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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 iits al his door in the sun Alill like a blassnm amnng the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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, Atilt, like a blossom, among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun... | |
| 1855 - 1428 pages
...startles in meadows green, The buttercup 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 his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lots his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...; 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...palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
| Thomas Starr King - New Hampshire - 1859 - 438 pages
...flowers; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy...palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer... | |
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