...is. to be found there, where it is stiled, • — : still-musing Contemplation, Cant. 9. St. 12. * c The cheerful lark, mounting from early be'd, With sweet salutes awakes the drowsie light. The earth she left, and up to Heaven is Seci, There chants her Maker's praises out of...

...with a very lively description of the same subject in •tl:4? above-mentioned Canto of Fletcher: •" The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet salutes awakes the. drovysie light. The earth she left, and up to heaven is fled, ; There chants her Maker's praises out...

...fear soft sleep should steal into her breast, Expresses in her song grief not to be uxprest. (Giles.) The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet salutes awakes the drowsy light ; The earth she leaves, and up to heaven is fled; There chants her maker's praises out of sight. Carth seems a mole-hill,...

...crowned wren begins its song. The lark, also, must not oe forgotten : — THE JUVENILE NATURALIST. 105 The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet...awakes the drowsy light ; The earth she left, and up to heaven is fled ; There chants her Maker's praises out of sight. Earth seems a mole-hill, men but ants...

...golden-crowned wren (motacilla regulus) begins its song. The lark, also, must not be forgotten : — The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet...drowsy light; The earth she left, and up to Heav'n is lied ; There chaunts her Maker's praises out of sight. Earth seems a mole-hill, men-but ants to be...

...the morn with her song," is thus beautifully described in P. Fletcher's Purp. Island, c. ix. st. 2. " The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, " With...the drowsy light ; " The earth she left, and up to heaven is fled; " There chants her Maker's praises out of sight." See also Spenser's Astrophel, st....

...velvet garment bears ; The red-rose, scarlet, and the provence, damask wears. • * • • « • T" :j' Tk { Fė x' n ] f 0* 5Qʸ QC }J }D w tY l ր &T , T ԚbDo f ˽7 < F@ hoav'n is fled ; There chants her maker's praises out of sight. Earth seem» a mole-hill, men but ants...

...mounting from early bed, With sweet salutes awakes the drowsy light ; The earth she left, and up to hoav'n is fled ; There chants her maker's praises out of sight. Earth seems a mole-hill, men but ants to be ; Reaching the proud that soar to high degree, The further up they climb, the less they seem and see.*...

...and natural description, worthy of Thomson or Burns. How exquisite is this picture of the lark : — The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet...awakes the drowsy light; The earth she left, and up to heaven is fled — There chants her Maker's praises out of sight. Purple Island, c. 9, st. 2. I return...

...six verses. The cheerful lark, mounting from early bed, With sweet salutes awakes the drowsy night. The earth she left and up to heav'n is fled, There...Earth seems a mole-hill, men but ants to be, Teaching proud men, that soar to high degree, The further up they climb, the less they seem and see. Canto IX....