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A DESCRIPTION OF 
Lark peculiarly delightful : the opening morning, and the 
landscape just gilded by the rays of the returning sun, and 
the beauty of the surrounding objects all contribute to 
heighten our relish for its pleasing song. 
-Up springs the Lark, 
Shrill-voiced and loud, the messenger of morn ; 
Ere yet the shadows fly, he, mounted, sings 
Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts 
Calls up the tuneful nations. THOMSON. 
Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, 
The bonnie Lark, companion meet ! 
Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! 
Wi' spreckled breast, 
When upwards springing, blythe to greet 
The purpling east. BURNS. 
Early, cheerful, mounting lark, 
Light's gentle usher, morning's clerk, 
In merry notes delighting. SIR JOHN DAVIS. 
THE WOODLARK. (Alauda arbores.) 
THIS species is smaller than the skylark, and its voice 
deeper; it has also a circle of white feathers encompassing 
the head, from eye to eye, like a crown or wreath, and the 
