# "AND WHAT IS SO RARE AS A DAY IN JUNE?" audio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875 "2020-06-01T20:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/1 "2020-06-01T20:48:49Z")
Can anyone find someone reading this poem on the internet somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/2 "2020-06-01T21:42:13Z")
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 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PGalHFO7eg) Full text here [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17119/17119-h/17119-h.htm](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17119/17119-h/17119-h.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/3 "2020-06-02T03:40:15Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/4 "2020-06-02T12:32:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/5 "2020-06-02T14:30:17Z")
[Moderating] This is much better suited for Cafe Society. Moving. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/6 "2020-06-02T19:20:18Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875/7 "2020-06-03T00:00:37Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > The line doesn’t refer to numerically rare days. It’s about the rare, perfect beauty of June days: Where’s a whooshie when you need one?