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lark been named the " bird of dawn." Shakespeare has 

 made frequent allusion to the early rising of the lark : 



" I do hear the morning lark." 



Midsummer Nighfs Dream, Act iv. Sc. i . 



" It was the lark, the herald of the morn." 



Romeo and Juliet, Act iii. Sc. 5. 



" The busy day, 

 Wak'd by the lark, hath rous'd the ribald crows." 



Trail us and Cressida, Act iv. Sc. 2. 



" Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, 

 From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, 

 And -wakes the morning, from whose silver breast 

 The sun ariseth in his majesty." 



Venus and Adonis. 



Milton's allusion to the early singing of this bird will be 

 familiar to all : 



" To hear the lark begin his flight, 

 And, singing, startle the dull night, 

 From his watch-tower in the skies, 



Till the dappled dawn doth rise." 



U Allegro. 



While every musician must remember the song in 

 Cymbclinc, adapted to music since Shakespeare's day by 

 an eminent composer : 



