...inhahitants. Of these, England possesses a considerahle share." — Turner's Sacred History of the World. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares ahound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye, Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy...

...self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live. TO A SKYLAEK. Ethereal minstrel, pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ? Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost...

...numberless passages, of which we must permit ourselves to select ouly two : — "To THE SKYLARK. " Ethereal minstrel, pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...Those quivering wings composed, that music still. Leave to the nightingale her shady wood, A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost pour...

...egress, thus endeavoring to secure a continuance of the shelter previously supplied by the long grass." " Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth, where cares abound ? Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest, upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest, which thou...

...brake to bush ; But she (God love her !) fear'd to brush The dust from off its wings. To A SKYLARK. i. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! ii. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain...

...dear, Adieu for ever now. T. CABLYLE. TO A SKY-LARK. i. TT< THEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Itj Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or,...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! ii. To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler ! — that love-prompted strain...

...hawk ; Think of this, and rise with day Gentle lords and ladies gay ! CCXL Sir W. Scott TO THE SKYLARK Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...music still ! To the last point of vision, and beyond —Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond— Mount, daring warbler !—that love-prompted strain...

...harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now. SHELLEY. ETHEREAL minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still ! Leave to the nightingale her shady wood, A privacy of glorious light is thine ; Whence thou dost...

...hawk ; Think of this, and rise with day Gentle lords and ladies gay ! Sir W. Scott CCXL TO THE SKYLARK Ethereal minstrel ! pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou...abound ? Or while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Roth with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering...

...fields. Farewell, lark ! but ere I say farewell, let me, with my dear old friend Wordsworth, say — ^Ethereal minstrel ! Pilgrim of the sky ! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground — Thy nest which thou...