DRAYTON-Legend of the Duke of
Buckingham, Line 1.

Bird of the wilderness

Blithesome and cumberless

Sweet be thy matin o'er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness,

Blest is thy dwelling-place.

m.

HOGG-The Skylark.

Musical cherub, soar, singing, away!
Then, when the gloaming comes
Low in the heather blooms

Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be!
Emblem of happiness,

Blest is thy dwelling-place

O to abide in the desert with thee! n. HOGG-The Skylark.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. 0. HURDIS-The Village Curate.

None but the lark so shrill and clear;
Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,
The morn not waking till she sings.

p. LYLY-The Songs of Birds.
Hear the lark begin his flight,
And singing startle the dull Night,
From his watch-tower in the skies,
Till the dappled dawn doth rise.

զ. MILTON L'Allegro. Line 41.
The bird that sings on highest wing,
Builds on the ground her lowly nest;
And she that doth most sweetly sing,
Sings in the shade when all things rest:
In lark and nightingale we see
What honor hath humility.

r. MONTGOMERY-Humility.

I said to the sky poised Lark:
"Hark-hark!

Thy note is more loud and free
Because there lies safe for thee
A little nest on the ground."

S. D. M. MULOCK-A Rhyme About Birds.