A LARK'S FLIGHT.
go —Cassell's Magazme.
Out in the country the bells were ringing, Out iv the fields was a child at play, And up to heaven a lark went singing, Blithe and free on that morn of May. And the child looked up as she heard the singing, ' Watching the lark as it soared away ; "O sweet lark, tell me, heav'nward winging, Shall I go also to heaven ono day. Deep in the shade of % mighty city, Toiled a woman for daily bread, Only the lark to see her and pity, Singing all day in acage o'erhead. And there they dwelt in the gloom together, Prisoned and pent in the narrow street, Bnt the bird still sang of the golden weather, And the woman dreatnpt of her childhood sweet. Still in her dreams the bells were ringing, Still a child in the fields was she; And she opened the cage as the lark was singing, Kissed him gently and set him free. And up and on as the bird went Binging, Down came » voice that seomed to say, " E'en as the lark that id heav'nward winging, Thou *halt also to heav'n one day I"
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2107, 9 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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195A LARK'S FLIGHT. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2107, 9 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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