...bello peribis NATURAL HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT OF CAGE-BIRDS. THE SKY-LARK (Alanda arvensis.) £lhereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound, Or, while thy wings aspire, arc heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest, which thou caust...

...lines; the last two especially and that beginning, "A privacy of, &c." may te characterised as perfect. Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain, ('Twixt...

...afar — Listen, ponder, hold them dear ; For of God, — of God they are. I806. XXX. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground a Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave...

...aad secretly give rest U«to the weary desolate :— 'twill please Heaven best THE SKY-LARK. ETHERKAL r her kingdom kneeleth to implore thee Now menaced by this tyrant's spoiling hand; No one thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou...

...gives ; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. TO A SKYLARK. — Wordsworth. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! To the last point of vision and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain ('Twixt...

...happiness ! Bless'd is thy dwelling-place ! O ! to abide in the desert with thee ! HOGG. THE LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound ? Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? — Thy nest, which...

...no code, No master spirit, no determined road ; But equally a want of books and men ! TO A SKY-LAHK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound 1 Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest,...

...humblest, yet thy morning soug ascends Nearest to Ueaven. THE LARK, AS AN EXAMPLE OF CHEERFULNESS. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound ? Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest, which thou...

...kingdom of heaven is at hand." LEGH RICHMOND'S LETTEE.— FROM HIS LIFE BY GEIMSHAWE. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, art heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at...

...sometimes from afar — Listen, ponder, hold them dear ; For of God, — of God they are. TO A SKY-LARK. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour...