...which inspired one of the most beautiful of his poems." TO A SKYLARK. " Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it,...lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float and run ; Like an embodied joy, whose race has just begun. " The pale...

...Night; Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon! To a Skylark. Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven , or near it,...lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, The pale purple even Melts around thy flight; Like a star of heaven, In the broad day-light...

...the Almighty Giver, Joy and jollity be with us both." Hear Shelley. s Hail to thee, blithe spirit \ Bird thou never wert, That from heaven or near it,...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singesto In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float...

...spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In ] i ri i i'n si> strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher,...the golden lightning Of the sunken sun. O'er which clonda are brightening, Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. The...

...still stream, Up the hill side ; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades," — Seats. " Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest." — .MIDST the long reeds that o'er a Grecian stream Unto the faint wind sigh'd melodiously, And where...

...SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourpst thy full heart In profuse strains of* unpremeditated...springest, — Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingestr And singing utill doet soar, and soaring ever, singest ! In the golden lightning Of the sunken...

...sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be. TO A SKY-LARK. BY SHELLEY. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it,...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring eversingest, In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost...

...Shelley's ode to the Sky-lark is the most admired and read. I subscribe a few verses of thia fine poem. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest...lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost float and run ; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. All the earth...

...THE SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourcst thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring over singost In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are bright'ning, Thou dost...

...still stream, Up the hill side • and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades,"— Keats. " Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest...singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest."— Shelley .MIDST the long reeds that o'er a Grecian stream Unto the faint wind sigh'd melodiously, And...