...child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and, unbuild it again. TO A SKYLARK. KAIL to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from...wingest. And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singe*!. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brtgntening, Thou dost float...

...laden Ever to burthen thine. I fear thy mien, thy tones, thy motion, Thou needest not fear mine ; I TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou...springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingcst, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest In the golden lightning Of the sunken...

...rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. " Higher still, and higher, From the earth thou springest,...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever siugust." THE FIRST BOOK THE FAERY QUEEN. COHTAIHIHO THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSS, OR...

...o'er thy memory flings Glorious imaginings! A countless race arise and sav, He marie us free ! A'icoH. TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee blithe spirit ! Bird thou...heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher and still higher, From the earth ihou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And...

...Innocent is the heart's devotion With which I worship thine. TO A SKYLARK. HAH to thee, blilhc snjrit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it,...full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. ii. Higher etill and higher, From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire-; The blue deep thou...

...those graceful lines of Shelley, perhaps the most poetical he ever wrote, recurred to our memory — " Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert ; That from heaven, or near it, Poorest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. " Higher still, and higher, Prom the...

...in his | chair, Sat a | farmer, | ruddy, | fat, and | fair. 5. Hail to | thee, blithe | ppirit ! j bird thou | never | wert, That from | heaven, or | near it, | pourest | thy full | heart. 6. Night and | morning | were at | meeting, | over | Water | loo , Cocks had sang their earliest greeting...

...tempted to make a 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 chaunt, Match'd with thine would be all But an empty vaunt— A...

...flight, yet, in humble guise, the spirit seemed more dear to him. Here is a stanza or two from his Ode to a Skylark : — " Hail to thee, blithe spirit !...Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Poorest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Like a poet, hidden In the light of...

...still stream , Vp 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 Ijlue deep thou wingest ; And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest." — SHELLET. MIDST...