 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 it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings...  Morning Thoughts to Cheer the Day - Page 2031916Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. n. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the egg beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world,... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - Quotations - 1866 - 320 pages
...till angels shout, As thou sit'st at the feet of God, victorious, Philip, my King! Miss Muloch. TTE sings to the wide world, and she to her nest ; In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? OUK BABY. T\ID you ever see our baby? •^ Little Tot; With her eyes so sparkling bright, And her... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 pages
...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,...— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? ' In these lines we have the joy of nature and the liberality of nature ; but with what a difference... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - Great Britain - 1869 - 352 pages
...a leaf or a blade too mean <3^ ^Q To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at the door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves,...— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? ' In these lines we have the joy of nature and the liberality of nature ; but with what a difference... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...in its chalice, And there 's never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. u. The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the egg beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world,... | |
 | Christian literature - 1869 - 588 pages
...o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives 212 213 His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, Aod the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world, she sings to her nest, — In the niee ear of -Nature which song is the best?" VTe mention but one... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives." A striking example of both qualities may be taken from the dialogue between " Old Shylock" and " Portia."... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 340 pages
...in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt...among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best?... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers and speakers - 1871 - 536 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the egg beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; O * He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1872 - 438 pages
...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...deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the egg beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings ; He sings to the wide world,... | |
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