Some Living Things: First Lessons in Physiology

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Barnes, 1908 - Всего страниц: 214
 

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Стр. 51 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house where gods may dwell Beautiful, entire, and clean.
Стр. 10 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Стр. 26 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, ' I have no need of thee ' ; nor again the head to the feet,
Стр. 168 - There's a dance of leaves in that aspen bower, There's a titter of winds in that beechen tree, There's a smile on the fruit and a smile on the flower, And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea. And look at the broad-faced sun, how he smiles On the dewy earth that smiles in his ray, On the leaping waters and gay young isles ; Ay, look, and he'll smile thy gloom away.
Стр. 74 - I learned how the sun and the rain make to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, how birds build their nests and live and thrive from land to land, how the squirrel, the deer, the lion, and every other creature finds food and shelter.
Стр. 131 - Back of the loaf is the snowy flour, And back of the flour the mill ; And back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower, And the sun, and the Father's will.
Стр. 176 - Thou art streaming on through their green arcades ; And the quivering leaves that have caught thy glow Like fire-flies glance to the pools below. I looked on the mountains — a vapour lay Folding their heights in its dark array : Thou brakest forth, and the mist became A crown and a mantle of living flame.
Стр. 75 - ... of pine needles, blended with the perfume of wild grapes. Seated in the gracious shade of a wild tulip tree, I learned to think that everything has a lesson and a suggestion. "The loveliness of things taught me all their use.
Стр. 108 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.
Стр. 194 - Rest is not quitting The busy career; Rest is the fitting Of self to its sphere.

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