Can anyone find someone reading this poem on the internet somewhere?
The Vision of Sir Launfal, by James Russell Lowell
2 videos with audio of the complete book:
Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems | James Russell Lowell | Poetry | Soundbook | English | 1/2 - YouTubeFull text here
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17119/17119-h/17119-h.htm
Thank you
I don’t understand the question. Days in June are no rarer than days in April, September or November. Why isn’t the question asking about the ones in February? Those are much rarer.
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This is much better suited for Cafe Society. Moving.
The line doesn’t refer to numerically rare days. It’s about the rare, perfect beauty of June days:
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries the 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;
Every clod feels a stir of might,
An instinct within it that reaches and towers,
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
Where’s a whooshie when you need one?