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 Up springs the lark,
 Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn;
  Ere yet the shadows fly, he read more 
 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. 
 Hail to thee blithe Spirit!
 Bird thou never wert,
  That from Heaven, or near it,
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 Hail to thee blithe Spirit!
 Bird thou never wert,
  That from Heaven, or near it,
   Pourest thy full heart
    In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. 
 Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings,
 And Phoebus gins arise,
  His steeds to water at read more 
 Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings,
 And Phoebus gins arise,
  His steeds to water at those springs
   On chaliced flowers that lies;
    And winking Mary-buds begin
     To ope their golden eyes.
      With every thing that pretty is,
       My lady sweet, arise,
        Arise, arise! 
Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.
Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.
 None but the lark so shrill and clear;
 Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,
  The read more 
 None but the lark so shrill and clear;
 Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,
  The morn not waking till she sings. 
 Musical cherub, soar, singing, away!
 Then, when the gloaming comes,
  Low in the heather blooms
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 Musical cherub, soar, singing, away!
 Then, when the gloaming comes,
  Low in the heather blooms
   Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be!
    Emblem of happiness,
     Blest is thy swelling-place--
      O, to abide in the desert with thee! 
 Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest,
 From his moist cabinet mounts up on high
  And read more 
 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;
    Who doth the world so gloriously behold
     That cedar tops and hills seem burnished gold. 
 The merry lark he soars on high,
 No worldly thought o'ertakes him.
  He sings aloud to the read more 
 The merry lark he soars on high,
 No worldly thought o'ertakes him.
  He sings aloud to the clear blue sky,
   And the daylight that awakes him. 
 To hear the lark begin his flight,
 And singing startle the dull Night,
  From his watch-tower in read more 
 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.