...MAXINE KUMIN: And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm...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...

...was Eternity f James Wbitcomb, Knee-deep in June (1888). June. " What is so rare as a day in June T Then, if ever come perfect days ; Then Heaven tries...be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays." James Russell Lowell, The Vision of Sir Launfal. Juno's Birds. Juno is represented in works of art...

...the divine life, just as Lowell expresses a similar idea when he says : " Every clod feels a stir at might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers,...And groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a sonl in grass and flowers." One of our contemporary Zenists wittily observed that * vegetables are...

...her heart!): And what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever, come perfect days, When heaven tries earth if it be in tune And over it softly her warm ear lays. Whether we look or whether we listen. Every clod feels a stirring of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And groping blindly...

...cheerful thought. "Oh, what is so rare as a day in June? Then if ever come perfect days. Then heaven tries earth if it be in tune And over it softly her warm...whether we listen We hear life murmur, or see it glisten Then every clod feels a stir of might An instinct within it that reaches and towers And groping blindly...