SKYLARK. S$ 



The Raven himself is hoarse, 

 That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan 

 Under my battlements. 



SB.AKESPEAB,K—Macbethy 1. 5. 



Came he right now to sing a Raven's note, 

 Whose dismal tune bereft my vital powers ; 

 And thinks he, that the chirping of a Wren, 

 By crying comfort from a hollow breast, 

 Can chase away the first-conceived sound ? 



Shakespeare— Pari //., King Henry F/., III., 2. 



Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door ! 

 Quoth the Raven, " Never more." 



Edgar Vo-r— Ravens. 



Besides a Raven from a wither'd oak, 



Left of their lodging, was observed to croak, 



That omen lik'd him not. 



Dryden — Hind and Panther. 



Where lethal Ravens bark, and owlets wake the nyghte; 



Chatterton— ^cfc^fUtf*. 



Section— OSCINES SCUTELLIPLANTARES. 



Family— ALAUDID^. 



Genus— ALAU DA. 



ALAUDA ARVENSIS— Skylark. 



Hark ! Hark ! the Lark at Heaven's gate sings. 



Shakespeare— Cym&cKn€ //., 3. 



thou sweet Lark, who in the heaven so higii 

 Twinkling thy wings dost sing so joyfully, 



1 watch thee soaring with a deep delight. 

 And when at last I turn my aching eye 

 That lags below thee in the Infinite, 

 Still in my heart receive thy melody. 



Southey— (S'onnef. 



Type of the wise, who soar but never roam, 

 True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home. 



Wordsworth. 



