 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 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 creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atllt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | Joseph Edward Adams Smith - 1852 - 238 pages
...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 never a leaf or a bud too mean To be some happy creature's palace.'1 LOWELL. "We found a splendid view in various... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 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 creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 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 creature's palace; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1860 - 446 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 creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
 | 1862 - 432 pages
...; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in ils 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 like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined... | |
 | William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 pages
...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 never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...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 never a leaf or blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace. -t The little bird sits at his door in the sun,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 pages
...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 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,... | |
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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... 
