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Written on seeing a LARK ascending to a great height one fine Morning in Summer.
Bird of Morn ! now blithe ascending,With the breeze thy wild-note blending ;Bird ! I long with thee to wander,High in air to gaze, and ponder.
Oh ! how sweet the blue sky roving,All the charms of freedom proving !Oh ! how sweet to break day's slumbersWith my gay rejoicing numbers !
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Flutt'ring, wheeling, wildly bounding,O'er the hills my song resounding,All the ties of earth I'd severWide with thee to roam for ever.
But should Mem'ry, faithless rover,O'er the low world sometimes hover,Should I catch her deeply musingAll the chequer'd past perusing,
She should cease her idle gazing ;Ev'ry thought of life erasing,She should Hope's light pinion borrow,And forsake a scene of sorrow.
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Bird of Morn! now blithe ascending,With the breeze thy wild note blending ;Bird ! I long with thee to wander,High in air to gaze and ponder.
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