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The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn: the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops, and summer sweetens all to me.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, July, Bees
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold... 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price set on the lavish summer, And June may be had by the poorest comer.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, Money, Lying
James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole (1893). “The Early Poems of James Russell Lowell: With Biographical Sketch”

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, June, May
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.117

Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go; At noon our sudden summer burns, Ere sunset all is snow.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, Sunset, Snow
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.98

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 ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, June, Perfect Days
James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D.”, p.56, tredition

Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, Snow, Mind
James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.252

Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it, We are happy now because God so wills it; No matter how barren the past may have been, 'T is enough for us now that the leaves are green; We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell... The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near... Every thing is upward striving; 'T is as easy now for the heart to be true As for grass to be green or skies to be blue, - 'T is the natural way of living.

James Russell Lowell
Summer, Heart, Past
James Russell Lowell, “The Vision Of Sir Launfal”

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