BIRDS AND LOVERS.
Reading edition
I.
O BROWN lark, loving cloud-land best And sun-smit seas of sky, Thee does a musical unrest Drive to rise upward from thy nest Far fathoms high.
II.
O fluid-fluting blackbird, keep The midnight of thy wing Close to my home where leaves grow deep, Since where two lovers lie asleep Thou lovest to sing. Mortimer Collins.