Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | VI. Animate Nature | | The Skylark | | James Hogg (1770–1835) |
| | | BIRD of the wilderness, | |
| Blithesome 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! | |
| 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. | |
| O’er fell and fountain sheen, | |
| O’er moor and mountain green, | |
| O’er the red streamer that heralds the day. | 15 |
| Over the cloudlet dim, | |
| Over the rainbow’s rim, | |
| Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! | |
| 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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