| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | The Skylark | | By James Hogg (1770–1835) |
| | | BIRD of the wilderness, | |
| Blythesome and cumberless, | |
| Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea! | |
| Emblem of happiness, | |
| Blest is thy dwelling-place— | 5 |
| O to abide in the desert with thee! | |
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| Wild is thy lay and loud, | |
| Far in the downy cloud, | |
| Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. | |
| Where, on thy dewy wing, | 10 |
| Where art thou journeying? | |
| Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. | |
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| O’er fell and fountain sheen, | |
| O’er moor and mountain green, | |
| O’er the red steamer that heralds the day, | 15 |
| Over the cloudlet dim, | |
| Over the rainbow’s rim, | |
| Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! | |
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| Then, when the gloaming comes, | |
| Low in the heather blooms, | 20 |
| 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! | | | | |
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