...the break wo see the lovers before dawn, moving from his nest, and, next moment, Hail to thee, blythe spirit, Bird thou never wert; That from Heaven, or...full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art! Hail, also, to the radiant tresses of the morn, now emulous of Nora of the amber hair, for day is indeed...

...over the 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 Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, * And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. SHELLEY. MIDST the...

...brief extract ; the two former, and particularly the first, are splendid compositions. To A SKYLARK. " Hail to thee ! blithe Spirit Bird thou never wert ! That from Heaven, or near it, Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chauut, Match'd with thine would be all But an empty vaunt — A thing...

...boon 1 ask of thee, beloved Night ; Swift be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon ! TO A SEYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning...

...Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I rise and upbuild it again. THE SKY-LARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singcst. In the golden lighting...

...ask of thee, beloved Night ; Swift he thine approaching flight, TO A SKYLARK. HA1L to thee, hlithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert. That from heaven, or...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The hlue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning...

...be thine approaching flight, Come soon, soon ! TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird them never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning...

...SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird tbou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Poorest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated...art. Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springes! Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou w ingest. And singing still dost soar, and soaring...

...needest not fear mine ; Innoeent is the heart's devotion With which I worship thine. TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning...

...burthen thme. . I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion, Thou needest not fear mine ; TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...still and higher, From the earth thou springest Like a eloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest....