...Walton. Let us now hear Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose ode "To a Skylark" is worthy of the bird itself. TO A SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou...That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart lu profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still, and higher, From the earth thou springest Like...

...soaring upward to Heaven, and pouring forth an unconscious hymn of praise and thanksgiving. TO THE SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring erer singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost...

...That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unoremeditated art. II. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. HI. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float and...

...be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee. ADDISON. 9. — TO THE SKYLARK. HAIL to the blithe spirit 1 Bird thou never wert, That from heaven or near it,...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud The moon...

...and though much admired By curious eyes and judgments ill-inlbrined, CXCIV. — TO THE SKYLARK. 1. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! — Bird thou never...full heart, In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. 2. Higher still anil higher From the earth thou springest ; Lake a cloud of fire, The blue deep thou...

...That, as the world serves us, we may serve thee ; And both thy servants be. TO A SKYLARK — Shelley. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er...

...strike the ear ; and then, as you pause to listen, comes clear and strong the full gush of melody — " Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest,...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. " All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As when night is bare, From one lonely cloud The moon...

...fat. The Lark (Alanda arvensis, Linn.). — One of our poets thus addresses this sweet warbler : — " Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated an. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest ; Like a cloud of fire, The blue deep thou...

...it, and serving the purposes of Beneficence with a ca-lmness befitting his knowledge and his love. t> TO A SKYLARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou...from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart, In [ rufiwi: strains of unpremeditated art.' Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest, Like...

...of these are marvellous for the force of their language and the purity of their tone.] 13^-' AIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. •M THE SKYLARK. Iii the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou...