| 单词 | skylark |
| 例句 | Sometimes we sit together the way we did a thousand years ago and we don’t say a word but just listen to the thrushes and the skylarks. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hate it! Nothing but grinding or skylarking. And I don’t like the way fellows do either, in this country.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing to be heard except the gentle wind, the heather bees, the skylarks very high, and a few distant snuffles from Meg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Frederick whispers that in the spring, he hopes to find skylark nests in the grasses outside the school walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Ha, I’m about as trapped as a skylark in the air on a clear day! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It is not really about the countryside at all; nature is there purely as a metaphor for feelings, as it was for Wordsworth and his daffodils, Shelley with his skylark and Keats with his nightingale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Darling,” he said, “the skylarks are singing and a new dawn is here.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Later he continued, “all around were primroses and wild violets and the singing of the skylarks in the air, and I was back in Ireland again.” In Ireland, Chasing the Ghost of the Rebel Roger Casement 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Sat in the fields reciting Keats to the skylarks. John Banville: a life in writing 2012-06-29T21:55:12Z At age 11, living a gentle, Arcadian life with his family in the English countryside, Teddy is disturbed by the news that his colorful Aunt Izzie once ate a skylark, and found it delicious. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’: songs never sung 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Christopher, on a balmy day in the Seine valley, the war for once distant, hears a skylark singing so far out of season that he concludes "the bird must be over-sexed". Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z Mr. Hamilton, like Ms. Rabe an exemplary stage actor with much experience, is particularly ill served by the incessant need to address his wife in cloying terms of endearment like “squirrel,” “little songbird” and “skylark.” | 'A Doll's House': A Nora Who Could Text All Her Discontents 2011-07-25T22:00:10Z Extinction is also on Mark Avery's mind – the imminent disappearance of such familiar British birds as the skylark, nightingale and cuckoo, following decades of mismanagement of the British countryside. Christmas gifts 2012: the best wildlife books 2012-11-30T22:55:02Z He chalked up the incident as “a case where the skylarking and tomfoolery in an employment context has gone awry.” Cop convicted for pulling a gun on colleague threatening to spoil ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z He told the court this was a case of "skylarking and tomfoolery" that had "gone awry". Top Gun: Maverick spoiler threat prompts officer to pull gun on colleague 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Nightingale, greenfinch, grey partridge, marsh tit, skylark, nightjar and tree pipit - all Red List species - have been recorded. Wild Woodbury: Red List bird species return after rewilding 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “Showers of rice” were thrown by “the jolly young people who had been skylarking the afternoon away in the White House,” the New York Times reported. It’s White House wedding day — but the wildest one was Alice Roosevelt’s 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Grasshoppers, sand lizards, nightingales, and skylarks that are declining or threatened elsewhere have been found thriving in the city’s green spaces. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse. Mourne Mountains: Impact of fires still felt one year on 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Frogs croak, a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another. Review: The crazy genius of playing Messiaen's 13 bird-inspired piano solos at L.A.'s Audubon Center 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The house sparrow, camel, skylark, nightingale and various deer species were among the animals that acclimatizers introduced. Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Two skylarks sing and flit above his hat. Special Report: A Cloudspotters' Guide to Climate Change 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The site has become a key refuge for Eurasian skylarks, a bird that requires open fields that, in the countryside, have been largely overrun by crop monocultures. Pioneering urban ecology finds surprising biodiversity in Berlin’s green spaces 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Soil-destroying chemical farming means there are no insects or skylarks above our fields – and so we’re experiencing this tragic loss of biodiversity. We are full of bright ideas to solve ecological problems. So let’s act on them | Chris Packham 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Among those most at risk are corncrakes, turtle doves, cuckoos, skylarks and nightingales. RSPB releases birdsong charity track 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Aficionados of British birds, for example, released nightingales and skylarks into American parks, but they disappeared without making any impact on the indigenous fauna. Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z As kites and skylarks fly above his fields, Cherry says he first became interested in conservation agriculture – or no-till farming – after speaking to others who were trying it. 'It's a groundswell': the farmers fighting to save the Earth's soil 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Thought for Today: “Who will give me back those days when life had wings and flew just like a skylark in the sky.” Today in History 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Brown hares, skylarks, bee orchids and gray partridges have all returned to Lark Rise Farm, in part because of the creation of five miles of new hedgerow. Maintaining a competitive hedge 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “And because they go out in the fields every day, they’re aware that they’re not hearing thrushes and skylarks. They’re aware that there are not so many bees, and pollination rates are going down.” ‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Yet for every species that increased beyond the wildest anticipations of the acclimatizers, there were more that, like the skylark and the nightingale, vanished without a trace. Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Jongdari, which means skylark in Korean, is the 12th typhoon of the season. More than 130,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits Shanghai 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z This time it wasn't trees, but the local bird population of skylarks that stopped the shows. Trees force Ed Sheeran to move two shows 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Many bird species have also been observed on the site, including the curlew, wigeon, skylark, warbler, ringed plover, and whinchat. The billionaire vs. the fly 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z In the case of Junornis it was about the same size, weight and wingshape as modern skylarks and therefore would fly in a similar way. Meet Junornis: the tiny Cretaceous bird which reveals the earliest form of bounding flight 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The animal spirits of Wall Street are gliding through the craziness as blithe as Percy Shelley’s skylark. Opinion | We’re running out of time on tax reform 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z I heard the warble of a bird, perhaps a skylark or a pipit—and the sound of our horses whinnying to each other in the darkness. Go on a Haunting Horseback Safari on the English Moors 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Some of them said he could be heavy-handed, which they had hoped would not happen after years of partisan skylarking by the previous chairman, Representative Darrell Issa of California. For Jason Chaffetz, Quixotic House Speaker Bid Is in Character 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z These include once common birds, such as the skylark. EU concerned about farming impact on its wildlife 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z It found that there were 28 species of bird that were in decline over a period of between 35 to 40 years, and these also included skylarks, cuckoos and grey wagtails. Loft insulation 'aids bird decline' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z But Helen Ghosh, director of heritage group the National Trust, said visitors to the site "will once again be able to hear the sounds of skylarks singing rather than the constant noise of traffic." Tunnel to silence traffic roar at Stonehenge site 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z There were also drops in the numbers of such common species as skylarks, grey partridges and starlings. European Birds Are Disappearing: Populations Down 20 Percent Since 1980 According to Ingar, the house sparrow, common starling, Eurasian skylark, willow warbler and Eurasian tree sparrow are facing the largest declines in population. Over 400 million birds have disappeared from Europe 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z When human vocal cords weren't being put to the test, skylarks, canaries and other birds were matched up in a battle of the tweets. The Victorian pig singing competition 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Ms Shaw said it would set up a new nature reserve to provide a home for a variety of birds including skylarks, linnets, yellowhammers, buzzards and kestrels. Trust aims to buy Dambuster airfield 2013-07-20T06:28:07Z She said the diversity of the route made it so special, allowing people to "watch badgers, see skylarks, visit castles, sit by lakes and, yes, power stations". £1m to make Coast Path more coastal 2013-05-07T06:33:35Z The crops were jade green; the flowers were in bloom, releasing their perfume into the air; the skylarks sang in the rosy-red sky. Mo Yan: “Bull.” 2012-11-19T05:00:00Z The three-minute piece also features messages from listeners around the world along with the sound of the blackbird and skylark, commentary from the Cameroon election and the ubiquitous BBC pips. Albarn marks 90 years of the BBC 2012-11-14T01:13:53Z Steps are also being taken at various Olympic sites to protect bees, anthills, skylark populations and "veteran trees," Ms. Lennon says. Picture-Perfect Olympic Settings 2012-07-22T20:13:38Z Sister, oh, do listen to the joyous melody of the skylark, and see, see how he mounts higher and higher, and sings as he ascends! The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z He appeared to be a keen young officer, knowing the ins and outs of everything, yet withal he was of a roguish disposition, and given to skylarking. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z But the number of skylarks seem to increase after a windfarm is built, maybe because people digging up the ground helps them to nest or find food. Wind farms 'not harmful' to birds 2012-04-13T13:20:00Z And she was glad that her little skylark had been allowed to sing. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z A skylark rose from the fields and flew straight up to heaven, singing as though his heart would burst with pure joy. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z He sometimes longed for the green meadows and the hawthorne bush and the skylark, nevertheless he remained in India, for he could not take Nona and he could not leave her. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z He saw how the trees were budding and the meadows in flower, and high up in the air he heard the song of the first skylark. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z The impulsive onlookers responded to this impression, and more than one rude fellow, who had been skylarking a minute before, elbowed his way into the troop and fell soberly into such step as there was. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z “Now, if you all have finished your skylarking I would like to study,” announced Alma. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z "Not everything," said the skylark from the window; "for she asked me, ignorant though I am, to teach her how to be happy." The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Above, the skylark soars and sweeps, The song is swept upon the wind. Cornish Catches and Other Verses 2012-01-15T03:00:13.973Z He knew well what the skylark sang: it sang that the long winter was over, and that it was springtime in the North. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z De Vere coolly threw overboard a bag or two of sand, and the balloon mounted again like a skylark. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z They came up head first, and went down head first, just skylarking and playing and skipping like lambs on the leas. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z The sun shone gaily, the skylark sang her morning song, and the crickets chirped their merriest; but the things that usually lived so peacefully on the hillside were quarrelling. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z One is the common skylark, the other is the Royston crow, which, strange to say, is not a migratory visitor, but is found there the whole year round. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Yes, surely the skylark could have remained longer in the land of eternal summer! Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z “Thank you,” said the captain; “send them on to the ice, then, for a general skylark till we come up.” Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The sweetness of its flowers, snowy white, or pink, or rose-colored, turns rural England into a garden, while linnets and skylarks fill the green lanes with music. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z He came to a skylark sitting on her nest. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z Light as a butterfly, nimble as the lightning, and with a voice like a skylark! The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z But the next day the boy read in the newspaper under the title: Forerunner of Spring—"Yesterday the first skylark of the year was shot, and brought to the Kings palace." Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Of the wonders of sound—skylark’s song, human choruses, instrumental symphonies—no idea could be conveyed to the fish. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Then, the birdman, as if he were not already high enough 16 to see the whole world stretched out beneath him, began slowly to rise in the blue ether like a skylark at dawn. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z High overhead yonder, and dimly seen against the light grey of a cloud, is the skylark. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z When an officer gets his commission in either the Artillery or Engineers, his seniors never play tricks on him, or attempt skylarking—all that was done with when the officers were neuxes at the Academy. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z With the heathery hills beneath me, Whence the streams in glory spring, And the pearly clouds to wreathe me, Oh, skylark! on thy wing!” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The fluting of the blackbirds in Knockdane only seemed the more mellow for the rain, and skylarks mounted up in rapturous jubilee. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z She heard not the song of the skylark as it mounted to the heavens, nor the notes of the thrushes as they poured forth their music to God. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Now the time had come for Master Roger to stop skylarking over the earth; he was holding out; leave town he wouldn’t. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Two fellows were skylarking, but they stopped suddenly at the unusual sight of a “gal.” In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z I wonder what makes that skylark so happy? In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z “A bonny sort of a night for a respectable family man like you, Jones, to be skylarking around carrying messages for typewriting maidens!” McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z In spring-time, the first notes of the skylark made her shed tears of delight. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z But later on they would expect to hold the entire troop rigidly to discipline, when the time for skylarking had gone by. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z They who are steeped in the chill indifference of mundane interests will no more heed them than such heed the skylark's or the linnet's song, which they resemble. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The subject of Shelley’s stanzas To a Skylark would be the ideas which arise in the mind of an educated person when, without knowing the poem, he hears the word ‘skylark’. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z As soon as I try my thoughts go skylarking.” Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z The third day we were a bit weary of skylarking about, and decided to return to his boarding-house and have a good night's rest. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Habitats like grasslands and hedgebanks continue to be in decline, as do certain birds, such as yellowhammers, down by half, and skylarks, down by a third. Fears of wildlife habitat decline 2011-07-08T10:12:00Z With as much reason might he chain up a greyhound, and bid him course the hare; clip the wings of a skylark, and bid it mount to the clouds. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The contents of the stanzas To a Skylark are not the ideas suggested by the work ‘skylark’ to the average man; they belong to Shelley just as much as the language does. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “So if you must go skylarking on dangerous ground, you’d better have some one with you who knows the ropes rather more than you do, and not rather less.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z I saw your aeroplane skylarking round, and couldn’t resist the temptation to come over for a nearer look. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z But I reckon it was just boys skylarking. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Finally Tad rode his pony forward, right through the fire of the skylarking cowboys. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z The pretty, dainty machine made him think of a skylark, an arrow, a rocket. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Merely to tell me that an idle, good-for-nothing boy, who ought to be hard at work earning his living instead of skylarking about the world amusing himself, has sprained his ankle. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z "Some skylarking or tomfoolery," he said; "or perhaps it's the Rough Alleys," he added. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z “That very thing may indicate that it was just some skylarking boys,” commented Jack. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Full oft we did enraptured hark To heavenly song of the skylark. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z If we could have heard the skylark at that moment, our sense of satisfaction would have been quite complete, 67 and no doubt we should have cried out, with the poet,— The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The site is home to birds including lapwings, sand martins and kingfishers as well as more vulnerable species such as whimbrels and skylarks. Wetlands reserve opens to public 2011-04-24T09:59:59Z But she heard the chirrup of the sparrows, the call of thrush and blackbird, and far away the hymn of praise of the skylark. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z But he using the telescope, as his companion, took no more notice of them than if they had been but skylarks. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Land where you may enraptured hark To heavenly song of the skylark, Which soars triumphant in the skies Above the gaze of human eyes. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z We hear the gladness and madness of melody which comes from the throat of the bird, but sweet and entrancing as it is, we cannot adore a skylark, a nightingale or a thrush. Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays 2011-03-12T03:00:23.783Z And he told us why no skylark ever sings in the vale of Glendalough. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z She wondered if they had the proper clothes, if they were well; were they perhaps quarrelling or being naughty or skylarking gaily across the Park. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Shelley and Keats could endure emotions and thoughts by singing of a skylark or a nightingale. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Come witness the great tug of war, And see great hammer thrown afar, See running, jumping, highland fling, At concert hear the skylark sing. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z Must have been some of those skylarking kids, and yet, it ain't likely, is it now? In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z "He's no fool," growled Babbitt, "and if he would study hard I presume he might lead the class in scholarship, but as it is, he spends most of his time in athletics and skylarking." Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z But no one ever caught a swallow or a skylark naturally on the wing. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z She had not penned a skylark with a folded or broken wing. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z A chilly start to March also delayed the emergence of bumblebees from their winter slumber, while bird spotters noted that skylarks started singing late. Four seasons 2010-12-27T02:14:41Z Sometimes it would be exercise, sometimes a bit of a play, or skylarking. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z "How beautifully that skylark sings," said Olive; "it is worth while to come out into the country just to hear it." Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Here the skylark sings, who is something of a stranger to us dwellers in the valley. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Paula begged him not to try to fit such an ideal of the finished feminine to a little brown tame-plumaged skylark. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Is it perhaps some bit of absurd skylarking got up between himself and the Honourable Jim? Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The song of the skylark is no longer "wasted upon the desert air." An Atheist Manifesto "And yet, with all that, I was as plump as a skylark." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Stop your skylarking now, Foxy," he admonished angrily, "and come on. The Haunted Pajamas She reminded Charter that skylarks are little, brown, tame-plumaged creatures that only sing when they soar. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Here he paused again to watch a skylark hovering against the blue and to catch the faint, sweet ripple of song. Our Admirable Betty A Romance And if, indeed, anybody from the terrace above chanced to glance down, it is likely that they supposed these two were skylarking merrymakers at some irresponsible game of catch-who-can. The Moonlit Way Like his own skylark, he sang to us poised midway between earth and heaven; a more emphatically flesh and blood personage was wanted. The Vagabond in Literature It was here we heard the skylark sing. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands All the members of Parliament used to be skylarking about the city, playing tricks on one another, and humbugging the Castle people. Jack Hinton The Guardsman His profuse outpourings of prayer took them higher than any skylark with its quivering wings. Carnival And Mary’s grace my fault shall purge, While skylarks plead my cause above, And breezy rivers sing my dirge, Because I loved and died of Love. The Moonlit Way Dear skylark, bird that God loves, help me, for I am in great trouble! The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales But I saw a sight as grand, the flight o’ the skylark at ring-o’-day. Leerie More people would be strolling and skylarking along the chapel path, supposing she could have found it. Where the Pavement Ends When off duty, they would be for ever skipping about like mountain goats, skylarking, and pulling one another about. To Lhassa at Last Then she and the two men with her went indoors, laughing and skylarking, leaving the bulky man there alone. The Moonlit Way Suddenly Batcha heard the sweet voice of the skylark that was mounting to heaven. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Within these limits flourish the pine and the palm, the wheat and the cane, the grackle and the skylark, the mountain wolf and the gazelle. The Bible Story Many a time I should have liked to have some fun—but then I would think of Mother's sorrowful eyes and so I have held myself in and kept from any more skylarking. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself We all know that skylarking of that kind sometimes produces the worst accidents. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine Those who owned wheels made use of them; the others rode “shanks’ mare,” skylarking as they went and hilariously seizing every chance of a lift that came along. Under Boy Scout Colors The skylark carried this message to heaven and God Almighty, pitying the poor shepherd, took some birch leaves and wrote on them in letters of gold. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales "One of the boys out skylarking last night—and drinking." Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant "Oh yes, she is listening to the skylark." Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation On the top of one of these a skylark was perched, calling at intervals; for though classed as a non-percher, perch he does sometimes. The Hills and the Vale Mingling with the joking and laughter and occasional bit of skylarking was a touch of sober seriousness. Under Boy Scout Colors He put them in the skylark's bill and told the skylark to drop them on the dragon's head. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales He seems to think that only in confinement do they fulfil the ends of their existence—even the skylark. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Your skylark will pass with the moment of his rapturous song-flight, while mine shall remain forever a spirit of joy to be recalled at will for my spirit's refreshing. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation Here, however, he undertook what was above his genius: the skylark is indeed a noble bird, but is unfit for the flight of the eagle. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy The last speaker was promptly accommodated, and after a little additional skylarking, things quieted down. Under Boy Scout Colors So the skylark returned from heaven and, hovering over Batcha, dropped the birch leaves on the dragon's head. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales He had lost his other arm after a man had shot him up, he said, skylarking. The Crow's Nest For more than two months they had skylarked, and enjoyed themselves to the full on the lake and in the woods. Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club He is an eagle; I am only a skylark. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four Our Nanny oft in fancy Soared up, the earth above, And sailed the great air-ocean With skylark or with dove. Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children Shelley, the wondrous music of thy soul Breathes in the cloud and in the skylark's song, That float as an embodied dream along The dewy lids of Morning. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. The skylark and the raven Are of a different tribe; I feel as if in heaven! The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. But, what frightened Lotu most, not one of the five remembered anything of what had passed, but they were all like drunken men, and sang and laughed in the boat, and skylarked. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) From ten till five, at least, the last swallows seem to be reconsidering their departure, and the skylarks to be taking heart, and thinking they can go on ever so much longer. When Ghost Meets Ghost All the way my companions were skylarking, jesting, and making puns, and I felt as if a load had been taken off my lungs and spirits, and skylarked with the best of them. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) He was skylarking—in the lower levels of New York. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Awaking from my slumber I hear the skylark sing; The rosy morning greets me, The fresh young day of Spring. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. That night the poet could not sleep for thinking of the skylark's song. Eighth Reader On the slope in front of the house, some boys, who were playing, noticed the strange noise made by the two sleepers, and collected, laughing and skylarking, under the window. Skipper Worse Come, challenge the grim dark Gates of the Grave As the skylark sings to those infinite skies! Collected Poems Volume One The grass shone with dew, like a sheet of diamonds, the clover smelled so sweet, and two skylarks were singing at one another high up in the sky. The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock In the mean time, the marriage ceremony had had its hour, and the bride and bridegroom were "skylarking" with the rest of the company as happily together as turtle-doves in a clover-patch. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes A skylark wounded on the wing, Doth make a cherub cease to sing. Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright This is a rum start, and I can’t name the voice: but it’s some one skylarking—some one that’s flesh and blood, and you may lay to that.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) It was like an adventure in fairyland to take this weird and wonderful creation of men, called an aeroplane, through the home of the skylark. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. One season a friend in England sent me a score of skylarks in a cage. Ways of Nature In color it suggests the European skylark; the two lateral white quills in its tail enhance this impression. Under the Maples The skylark is very generally distributed over the northern portions of the Old World, but is not found in America. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Seems to me for a steady, quiet, self-respecting, dignified, unhooked, unmarried, unmortgaged, unromantic man he’s skylarking and gallivanting around pretty late.” In the Shadow of the Hills A girl that spent half her time at school and the other half skylarking wouldn't amount to much anyway was her opinion. A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays But one Sunday a Scotchman from a neighboring city called upon me, and declared with visible excitement that on his way along the road he had heard a skylark. Ways of Nature Does Shelley interpret the skylark, or Wordsworth the cuckoo, or Bryant the bobolink, or Whitman the mockingbird and the thrush? Under the Maples It might have been somebody up here skylarking. Sjambak If we would understand of what development emotional delight is capable, we should watch the skylark. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications But police were everywhere, now, sweeping this miniature riot from the avenue, hustling the Reds uptown, checking the skylarking soldiery, sending amused or indignant citizens about their business. The Crimson Tide A Novel He was not dreaming; he knew it was a skylark, though he had not heard one since he had left the banks of the Doon, a quarter of a century or more before. Ways of Nature But I say, Scorn not the sentimental, though it be barley-sugar to ambrosia, a canary's flight to a skylark's. Love and Lucy A very pretty boy of fourteen, an apprentice to the captain, was playing, or in sea language "skylarking," with a huge Newfoundland dog. An Old Sailor's Yarns There is to be no skylarking," he said, "and no back-tracking. They of the High Trails Andor had always been very popular: good-looking, as merry as a skylark and a splendid dancer, he was always the life and soul of every entertainment. A Bride of the Plains They are genuine skylarks, and lack only the powers of song to make them as attractive as their famous cousins of Europe. Ways of Nature They are always skylarking with one another like monkeys, and, in truth, they are the monkeys of an aquarium. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Mongolian skylarks were continually jumping out of the grass from almost under our horses' feet to soar about our heads, flooding the air with song. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' “The other Sunday he had been skylarking in Sunday School, it was evident, for when she asked him to tell her the text, he shot this one at her: ‘Don’t worry. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret They did not stay there, but walked out across the downs, where the skylarks were singing, and on a dip of the downs came upon great stone walls and towers very strong and gray. Harding's luck Many years ago some skylarks were liberated on Long Island, and they became established there, and may now occasionally be heard in certain localities. Ways of Nature "Here, Chunky, take this new hand alongside of you, and see that there is no skylarking." Down the Slope And the birds were of many kinds, too: robins, thrushes, bullfinches, mocking-birds, wrens, yellowtails and skylarks. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland We were not on the trail, after all, to hunt, or fish, or skylark. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse With some birds it is a most difficult thing to find their nests; take, for instance, the skylark or the snipe. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The watcher and listener below holds him in his eye, but the ear catches only a faint, broken, half-inarticulate note now and then—mere splinters, as it were, of the song of the skylark. Ways of Nature "It surely looks suspicious," the superintendent said, musingly; "but I fail to understand how those boys could have gotten the money from Sam's pocket, unless he remained in town skylarking with them." Down the Slope There were many misspelled words, but the quotation was aptly inserted, and she added the note that the skylark was so joyous he often acted in an insanitary manner. 'Lizbeth of the Dale They had hidden for that purpose in the loft of the Meeting House and were discovered by some young Quakers who were skylarking in the Meeting House under pretense of cleaning it. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study He fixed shelves in the stone, arranged the materials from their packs, and all the time he whistled airs, until the cavern seemed to be filled with the singing of nightingales, mocking birds and skylarks. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain I once had a caged skylark that imitated the songs of nearly every bird in my neighborhood. Ways of Nature "Well," said I, "Asa, this is a very unchristian hour for you to be skylarking over the prairies of Kansas." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I He fills his place, and fills it well; and who knows but that he may yet outshine the skylark? Birds in the Bush You know mighty well what I mean—this skylarking, this galloping around town on your pony. Otherwise Phyllis After dark the youths of the village roamed about, playing and skylarking like so many white lads of their own age, but the girls as soon as the twilight came remained close in the lodges. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain You two children have now become skylarks, and may soar so high in the air that you can scarcely see the earth below you. Policeman Bluejay He was as playful as a kitten, and never happier than when skylarking with the mids in the cockpit. A Sailor of King George It would be easy for a foreigner, by taking a few liberties with the facts, to make a satire about the sort of silent Shelley who decides ultimately to shoot the skylark. What I Saw in America No man’s writing can take you into the country as Borrow’s can: it makes you feel the sunshine, see the meadows, smell the flowers, hear the skylark sing and the grasshopper chirrup. Old Familiar Faces This is Wednesday; and we have seven, eight, long holidays before us to be as happy as skylarks in. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief Remember you are not children now, but skylarks, and that this is a thrush's nest. Policeman Bluejay Then down to the grass A skylark dropped, like a brown-winged stone. Eric or, Under the Sea It is claimed that crows, eagles, ravens and swans live to be 100 years old; herons, 59; parrots, 60; pelicans and geese, 50; skylarks, 30; sparrow hawks, 40; peacocks, canaries and cranes, 24. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed That God should spend His eternity—which might be so much better employed—in spinning countless Solar Systems, and skylarking, like a great child, with tops and teetotums—is not this a serious scandal? More Trivia The skylark is probably the most noted of birds in Europe. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 Sir Guardian, permit me to introduce to you two children of men who have been magically transformed into skylarks against their will. Policeman Bluejay I hope you ain't going to bother me by singing and skylarking around. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Jack and Richard "hit it off together" very well, too well, in fact; they began to "fool," to skylark and, insensibly, waste time. Rainbow Hill All was just as it had been when she rode down it at dawn that morning, Andy and Jeff ahead on their mules whistling, singing, skylarking like two playful bear cubs. Judith of the Cumberlands This explained the cause of the skylark’s strange actions. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 I trust there’ll be no more skylarking till Mr. Ford is home. Dorothy on a Ranch “I should not think,” said Miss Grandiere, “that young Midshipman Force would feel very much like skylarking after such a disappointment and mortification as he has had.” Her Mother's Secret "I—er—I imagined some of the students were skylarking," faltered the assistant. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall ‘Talk of skylarking on “the lake whose gloomy shore!”’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster I bought the skylark, though I did not want him. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2 August, 1897 It sounds like the unmelodious clicking of pebbles, while the song of the skylark is loud, clear, and ringing. Birds of the Rockies "You can have it after me if you swear not to skylark with it," replied the owner. The Long Trick The skylarks and the swallows vanished before the villainous occupation of the air. The Dark Tower There is here an official photographer, who sends out camera men to take us in all sorts of occupations—on the skirmish line, on parade, cleaning our teeth or our rifles, marching, skylarking. At Plattsburg Trask would have thought nothing of it if the crew had openly quarrelled, or engaged in skylarking, or had sat around and smoked and chatted quietly. Isle o' Dreams This was certainly skylarking in a most literal sense. Birds of the Rockies But there was nothing to dull the spirits of the water-carriers, and they romped and skylarked like a party of schoolboys. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Then sing in the hedgerow green, O thrush, O skylark, sing in the blue; Sing loud, sing clear, that the King may hear, And my soul shall sing with you. Graded Memory Selections But I warn you, no skylarking with underbred people or I shall take you straight home.” Dorothy's Travels Here is a specimen:— ‘They sing, inspired with love and joy, Like skylarks in the air; Of solid sense, or thought that’s grave, You’ll find no traces there.’ Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series They are far from deserving the name of skylarks. Birds of the Rockies Down the slip, one by one, now came the Merryweathers and their guests, in bathing array, the boys shouting and skylarking,—the girls singing and tossing their long hair about. The Merryweathers After a stay of an hour at the hotel, they returned to the quai, passing through Zandstraat, which was filled with people, shouting, singing, and skylarking. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim But "skylarking" was a term applied to frolicking, to rude play; and in this sense "Skylark" was entirely proper. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. The neighbours knowing that Mrs. Two-Shoes was very good, as, to be sure, nobody was better, made her a present of a little skylark. Bo-Peep Story Books Nothing breakable in it except the crockery, and plenty of room for skylarking. Fernley House The careless conversation in the ranks, the sudden laugh, the clumsy skylarking all ceased. The Reckoning That "unbodied joy," the skylark's song and flight, is through the genius of Shelley so faithfully embodied, that it may enter as a definite joy into the lives of countless human beings. The Approach to Philosophy “Fancy, though, his skylarking round, in all his war paint,” said “Joe,” breaking into his jovial laugh, which always made me join in for sympathy. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant It's a pity we have no skylarks here! Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Colonel Shepard was holding his wife upon a sofa, and Owen and Gus were skylarking in the after-part of the cabin. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi A man we know does this much better than any skylark. Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 The contents of the stanzas To a Skylark are not the ideas suggested by the word 'skylark' to the average man; they belong to Shelley just as much as the language does. Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 Mind though, youngster, not too much skylarking when you get below. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant I do want Rose to hear a skylark. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Wanted, Youth of sixteen for one of the healthiest jobs in the world, most of the time spent basking in the sun, listening to skylarks and throstles; wages 35s. guaranteed to smart youth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 Cloud: Only a skylark dropping to her nest; Her mate is hov'ring somewhere near. The Book of Humorous Verse The subject of Shelley's stanzas To a Skylark would be the ideas which arise in the mind of an educated person when, without knowing the poem, he hears the word 'skylark.' Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 He said he never approved of parents leaving their offspring at home to cry their eyes out, while they went skylarking. Chicken Little Jane A constant carousal, therefore, was kept up, and drinking, singing, dancing, and “skylarking” were practised from morning to night. Ran Away to Sea Like the English skylark, it rises to a great height in the air, and there pours forth its fine song. Birds of the Indian Hills The three fellows who had been skylarking when I came in were now talking together very soberly, and the long-necked chap was going on with his writing still. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Jocularity and laughter pervaded the little craft from end to end; and throughout the second dog-watch dancing, singing, and skylarking—all, of course, within the limits of proper discipline—were the order of the evening. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast By Percy Bysshe Shelley Note.—There are a few places in the United States where the skylark has been naturalized, but most of us have never heard it sing. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Strong and bulky and wiry men were gambling and drinking, and singing and swearing; story-telling and fighting, and skylarking and sleeping. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea To the ordinary observer the Indian skylark is indistinguishable from its European congener. Birds of the Indian Hills “Dickey is fonder of skylarking than shooting the stars,” remarked Harry, laughing. The Voyage of the "Steadfast" The Young Missionaries in the Pacific "Never, never a day should pass, Without some kindness, kindly shown, The preacher said"—Then down to the grass A skylark dropped, like a brown-winged stone. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children Upon the same ground, the song of the skylark and the sound of ocean waves might be called commodities. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles They persisted in enjoying it; and before the boat left the wood pier, they were skylarking and training as though the future would require no account to be rendered of their past conduct. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student This species does not soar so high as the skylark. Birds of the Indian Hills I have educated nestling linnets under the three best singing larks—the skylark, woodlark, and titlark, every one of which, instead of the linnet’s song, adhered entirely to that of their respective instructors. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays His subjects are indeed stock subjects; like the skylark of Shelley, or the autumn of Keats. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens "The books are worth about ten dollars, and if you have some of your friends along you may begin skylarking, and some of the books may get damaged." The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving The line of powder-passers was formed; and the powder-monkeys gave up skylarking, and began to look sober at the thought of the business in hand. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 They have not the lively colouring of the wagtails, being clothed, like skylarks, in homely brown, spotted or streaked with dark brown or black. Birds of the Indian Hills There is a disembodied skylark voice somewhere high up in the mare's-tail clouds which veil the earth from too much heat and brightness; and the young heart is unhardened and unspotted from the world. Despair's Last Journey The hills where the hunter Oft soundeth his horn, Where sweetest the skylark Awakens the morn; The gray cliff, the blue lake, The stream's dashing glee, Endear the red hills Of the heather to me. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Of Shelley's glorious lyric ode she knew nothing; and yet she never heard the skylark's song without thinking it a spirit of the air, or one of the angels hymning at Heaven's gate. Olive A Novel One of our great novelists tells us how two men in Australia walked many weary miles only to listen to the song of the skylark. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles This is in shape and colouring very like the Indian skylark, but is easily distinguished by the pointed crest that projects upwards and backwards from the hind part of the head. Birds of the Indian Hills Other Indian youths jumped into the water and swam about and skylarked, whooping wildly. Memoirs The skylark sings his matin lay, The waking flowers at dawning day, With perfumed breath, sigh, Come! come! come! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century With the coming of morning the strange camp was astir, and one by one the boys painfully crawled out, to try to get some of the stiffness from their limbs by jumping around and “skylarking.” The Boy Scouts of Lenox My comrades and I spent the greater part of our time in fur-trading with the Red Indians; doing a little office-work, and in much canoeing, boating, fishing, shooting, wishing, and skylarking. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Above ground, he was as ready to skylark as the most volatile of his companions, but underground he was a pattern of perseverance—a true Cornish miner in miniature. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines They had, indeed, duties to perform like the rest, but the moment chanced to be with them a brief period of relaxation, which they devoted to skylarking. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables As the boat came surging in on the foam, these manly children waded out to meet her, throwing water at each other, and skylarking as they went. Six Months at the Cape Little boys there, as elsewhere, had a strong tendency to skylark and gaze at the busy officials inside, to the obstruction of the way. Post Haste I am not skylarking with the dog, sir. The King's Own The ship’s company were now in a very fair state of discipline, owing to the incessant practice, and every evening the hands were turned up to skylark—that is, to play and amuse themselves. Jacob Faithful “Oh, indeed,” said Mr Stumps, bowing with mock respect; then, turning to the comrade with whom he had been skylarking, “Here, Jeff, supply this gentleman with food.” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables I had always thought Mr Randolph a good-natured, merry, skylarking youngster; but the moment he took charge of the prize, he became a most diligent, careful officer. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor “You may take him, Mr Nott; but take care that they don’t get to skylarking and fall overboard,” said the Captain. True Blue “Then why are you skylarking with that dog?” The King's Own “You were skylarking then, my lad, and the ship was not pitching and tumbling about as she now is,” he said. Paddy Finn We stuck by each other on all occasions; skylarked together, studied navigation together; and when we were together the biggest bully in the mess held us in respect. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days The youngsters enjoyed themselves to their hearts’ content, and when tired of skylarking with Spider, piped to supper, after which those not on watch turned in. The Three Lieutenants What they were about I do not remember, but, looking up, I saw they were skylarking, and it seemed as if the others were trying to play Oliver some trick. In the Eastern Seas Come, no skylarking, Hardy—it’s easy to tell the skipper isn’t on deck. The King's Own “Beg pardon, sir,” said the coxswain of the first cutter; “some of the lads got skylarking and playing tricks with the two black hands.” The Black Bar Although he had not an over allowance of wits, he was very active, and had great tenacity of grip—qualities more valuable to skylarking midshipmen, rope-dancers, and monkeys, than brains. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days They set off on their ramble, Tom and Gerald, and the other youngsters, skylarking as usual. The Three Lieutenants If ever I’m skipper of a ship, no skylarking then. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser My ways are your ways—a murrain on your beauties!—has your brain shot forth skylarks as your eyes do sparks? The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Then Shakespeare and Shelley have wasted powder upon the skylark; for never such "profuse strains of unpremeditated art" issued from living bird before. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I He was always ready to crack a joke and “carry on” when there was any skylarking about, besides willing to lend a hand at any time on a pinch. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “No, but he may be after saying that we are descended from some such creature, if he catches us skylarking aloft,” observed Gerald. The Three Lieutenants Well, that all come o’ the lads skylarking. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser He was on duty at the gangway, when one of the new chaps, who, like Larrikins, had a great bent for practical skylarking, went to him with a smug face, as innocent as you please. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy Skylark! pooh! who would rise at dawn to hear the skylark if a catbird were about after breakfast? Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I It sings incessantly night and day during the breeding-time, imitating the note of a sparrow, a swallow, a skylark, and has a strange hurrying manner in its song. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The nightingale, the skylark, the cuckoo, move one sort of interest in an ornithologist, and a very different sort in a Shelley or a Wordsworth. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle He remembered the noonday laughter of skylarks; the pear-trees bending patiently beneath their harvest; the placid river winding its willow-hedged way, cutting the plain like a thin silver knife. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story I shall not expect too great performance from you this morning, but I warn you all that I shall not be jovially inclined to overlooking inattention or skylarking. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports Everybody was enjoying the new sense of lightness, romping and skylarking like newly landed tourists on Luna. The Cosmic Computer Of the sedge-bird, be pleased to say it sings most part of the night; its notes are hurrying, but not unpleasing, and imitative of several birds; as the sparrow, swallow, skylark. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Above the pastures outside the skylark sings—as he alone can sing; and close by from the hollies rings out the blackbird’s tenor—rollicking, audacious, humorous, all but articulate. Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife He remembered the noonday laughter of skylarks; the pear-trees bending patiently beneath their harvest; the placid river winding its willow-hedged way, cutting the plain like a thin silver knife. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Auntie was just wondering why those two men were skylarking around on the roof so late at night when two more popped out of skylights and began to bang away at them with revolvers. Torchy As A Pa Such a proceeding almost always resulted in skylarking, of which Simon would be the miserable object. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories It is claimed that crows, eagles, ravens and swans live to be 100 years old; herons, 59, parrots, 60; pelicans and geese, 50; skylarks, 30; sparrow hawks, 40; peacocks, canaries and cranes, 24. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference As many puffs of white smoke leaped into the air from the revolvers of the skylarking cowmen. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains "It's a skylark, sure enough," said Anthony, looking skywards. The Lady Paramount Shelley floats in a thin air to stars and mountain tops, and vanishes from our gaze like his skylark. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Once we heard a skylark, an English skylark, singing over No-Man's-Land! Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army Being a lone, blithe spirit, a kind of scout skylark as one might say, he had not many friends in camp. Tom Slade's Double Dare Gay and happy children Hop and skip along, With their ringing laughter, Sweet as skylark's song. Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect Few of us, at that hour, not having slept, are skylarks. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi No tutor had taught them how to walk,—they who moved on health like skylarks on the air. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times But the next half hour she was singing like a skylark over some household task. The Late Miss Hollingford He knew no more of discipline than a skylark does. Tom Slade's Double Dare And the circling skylark seemed to sing at the very gates of God's heaven. Robin And then the next minute he was living in a shining world that was all roses and skylarks and dew. Green Valley Milton's England, Shelley's England; the England of the skylark, the dog-rose, the honeysuckle! Post-Prandial Philosophy There was no ribaldry, no skylarking, no shrill discord of laughter without mirth in it to break the solemnity of the gracious night. Lore of Proserpine Boys and girls are at play in the streets, and are skylarking along the shore of lake and river. The Story of Cooperstown She has the flight of a skylark let out of a cage. Robin Hark, hark the skylark singing, While the early clouds are bringing Fragrance on their wings; Still, still on high he 's soaring, Through the liquid haze exploring, Fainter now he sings. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century I ordered him to go to that hotel and rest, not go skylarking all over Marsport. Sabotage in Space They act as though they were off on a picnic, skylarking about the hotel, snap-shotting one another, and playing all manner of pranks. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' I hear the blackbird telling His love-tale to his mate; And the merry skylark swelling The choir at 'heaven's gate.' Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn. Every morning when the weather was fine Robin got up early and went out on the moor to say her prayers and listen to the skylarks singing. Robin Above the open grass-land the Indian skylarks are singing at Heaven's gate; these birds avoid towns and groves and gardens, in consequence their song is apt to be overlooked by human beings. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Sweet as skylark on the wing, Ripple, ripple—thus they sing. Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I We had church in a warm sun, with a temperature several degrees above freezing point, and most of us spent our off-time basking in the sunshine, yarning, skylarking, and being happy in general. South with Scott "Shelley and Wordsworth," says Mr. Brownell, "have not more worthily immortalized the skylark than Lowell has the bobolink, its New England congener." The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. I wakened just after sunrise, and I heard a skylark singing high up in the sky. Robin The Indian skylark likewise may now be heard singing at Heaven's gate in places where there are large tracts of uncultivated land. A Bird Calendar for Northern India "They may have been skylarking and may have carried the watch and chain off by—accident, let us say," finished the captain, significantly. The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery To his surprise there was rather less disturbance than usual; perhaps the boys were too tired after their exciting and active afternoon to indulge in noisy skylarking. The Jester of St. Timothy's He was a black-faced, solemn-looking genius, and the look of him would sink the spirits of a skylark down to zero. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "That's where the skylarks go, when they want to sing—straight up into heaven!" The Stolen Singer A skylark twitted earth's creatures from its aerial height. The Parts Men Play "Delacroix is an eagle, I am only a skylark," he remarked once, with his characteristic cheeriness. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Seemingly the membership of Finance's College of Cardinals was skylarking with indecorous levity. Destiny O happy skylark springing Up to the broad blue sky, Too fearless in thy winging, Too gladsome in thy singing, 10 Thou also soon shalt lie Where no sweet notes are ringing. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Sweet to lie at ease and for a while hark To a "spirit that was never bird;" Still I don't propose to sing the skylark, As perhaps inferred. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 Some of us walked into Skagen, and on the way heard the most enchanting sounds we had heard for months—the songs of skylarks—music which we certainly had never expected to hear again. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' We see chiefly variations of his green and gray arbored pastoral—now idyllic, now heroic, now full of freshness, the skylark quality, now of grave and deep harmonies and wild, sweet notes of transitory suggestion. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Suppose yourself reclining on a bank on a clear day, looking up into the sky and watching the ascent of a skylark while you listen to his song. On The Art of Reading What would poetry be without the skylark, the nightingale, the dove and the eagle? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The knot of office-boys, crowding and skylarking across a couple of seats, stopped their shuffle and noise for a second, and one said, "My! ain't she stunning?" The Other Girls They were drilling, shooting, skylarking, playing cards, performing incredible feats on horseback, cooking, eating, singing, yelling, and behaving in every respect like a lot of irrepressible schoolboys out for a holiday. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War At length June arrived; and though winter lingered in spates, the song of the skylark and the thrush heralded the spring. Winter Evening Tales Take, for instance, his Australian scenes in "It is Never Too Late to Mend," where the effect of the song of the English skylark in the gold-diggings is told with touching brevity and pathos. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 "No more skylarking, if you please, Lieutenant Rover." The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Then be thy flight among the skies: Take, then, oh! take the skylark's wing, And leave dull earth, and heavenward rise O'er all its tearful clouds, and sing On skylark's wing! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "Look at the sky's blueness and the spring bursting forth in every branch and clod—and the very skylarks singing hard as if for joy." His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality Some of them resembled the English skylark in the habit of singing and soaring. Children of the Market Place Your skylark would chirp about in every room, with her song rising and falling— Helmer. A Doll's House Captain Putnam had expected that there would be some skylarking, but he was mistaken. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Then be thy flight among the skies: Take, then, oh! take the skylark's wing, And leave dull earth, and heavenward rise O'er all its tearful clouds, and sing On skylark's wing! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood No gentle processions to churchyards among the fields, the bronze crests bossed deep on the memorial tablets, and the skylark singing above them from among the corn. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin From behind the cloud he spoke at large, like a confident disreputable Jove who had been skylarking for years with the little planet Earth. London River Matin song of skylark gay Proclaims the day; Fled the dragons of the dark And quenched the firefly’s glimmering spark. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century Imagine a rhinoceros thinking itself into the experiences of a skylark! The Jervaise Comedy Immediately the multitudinous rejoicing of a skylark dropped from upper air. Lazarre The band relaxed, joking, skylarking, glad to be relieved for a little while of the strain of attention. The Silent Places Filtering down through the great blue of the sky came the thrilling of innumerable skylarks. The Inheritors When the year is young, what sweets are flung By the violets, hiding, dim, And the lilac that sways her censers high, Whilst the skylark chants a hymn! Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Next morning when Dorothy arose a song came from her heart as it comes from the skylark when it sees the sun at dawn—because it cannot help singing. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall When men would send thanks to the very gate of heaven their envoy should be a skylark. Lazarre But a ray of light set Evelyn's portrait singing like a skylark—background, face, hair, dress—cadenza upon cadenza. Sister Teresa I have heard it in England; and there, too, I have heard the skylark and the nightingale, neither of which birds we have in America. The Nursery, Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1875 Two of the men were what you call skylarking, and running one way while the child was running the other. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo Yet in the drift the patient primrose hiding, Yet in the stream the glittering troutlet gliding, Yet from the root the sap still upward springing, Yet overhead one faithful skylark singing, "Spring is not dead!" A Celtic Psaltery Three sat on a bench beside the door, and three more, with mugs of beer in their hands, were skylarking in the middle of the roadway. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales In the midst of our skylarking the candle tumbled to the floor and I had to go back to the stove and relight it. The Light in the Clearing He is waking!" said a voice that sounded as sweet as the song of the skylark to my ears: "Halcro! The Pilots of Pomona Even the glad heaven, chilled with stormy stain, Grudges its skylark pilgrims of its hoard. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 Now, no skylarks singing soar Sunward, now, beneath the moon Love's own nightingale no more Lifts her magic tune! A Celtic Psaltery He did not know how old that skylark was, but here was he, Savage Keith Rickman, played out at three and twenty. The Divine Fire And the eyes that looked wistfully at the children in front of him were blue as the depths into which the skylarks were at that moment diving rapturously. John of the Woods You mean that when I was a plain scout I could skylark and cut up a bit, but that now I must be out in front setting the pace. Don Strong, Patrol Leader "Bill," by the way, was the captain of our mess, a jolly good fellow, popular, and always in evidence when there was any skylarking on foot. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Therefore, ye skylarks, in shivering circle still higher and higher Soar, and the palpitant blue drench with delirious dew. A Celtic Psaltery Hark! in the calm aloft I hear the skylark sing. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Green grass was beneath her; splendid roses, red and gold, were censers slowly swinging; the silver fountain leaped as if to meet the skylark's song. Sir Mortimer The Foxes were still skylarking when he handed back what Bobbie had written. Don Strong, Patrol Leader He is no more unearthly than the skylark or the rainbow or the dawn. The Art of Letters Their fleet is to come for a right friendly spree; To promise them "skylarks" is hardly presumption. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 22, 1891 If one could imagine a strain of merriment and fun blending with the ecstatic notes of a skylark soaring and singing, one might form some idea of the laugh of Rhona Boswell. Aylwin There's a swagger of bells from the trampling teams, Wild skylarks hover, the gorses blaze, The rich ripe rose as with incense steams— Midsummer days! The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour No holidays," quoth she; "drop, drop, O, drop, Thou tirèd skylark, and go up no more; You lime-trees, cover not your head with bees, Nor give out your good smell. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. His world, indeed, is a universe of skylarks and rainbows and dawns—a universe in which Like a thousand dawns on a single night The splendours rise and spread. The Art of Letters The punchers were a reckless, joyous crew, skylarking in anticipation of the towns of the plains. The Rules of the Game The songs are of Love and of Nature, of roses, skylarks and kisses, of blue skies and natural joys. Landmarks in French Literature Although she had been prostrated by the hard work and increasing anxieties of forty years of authorship, when I saw her she was as fresh and independent as a skylark. Yesterdays with Authors It was as if a skylark sang in her breast, as if she walked in a rosy and new-born world. The Purple Heights A skylark like her takes very little killing. The Man Who Laughs A dozen men ran out over the logs as though skylarking, inserted their peavies in a threatened lock, and pried it loose. The Rules of the Game He thinks the cat must have been skylarking on the roof some dark night and accidentally tumbled into the spout. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot A little further on, just beyond Sor�, a village church rears twin towers above the wheat-field where the skylark soars and sings to its nesting mate. Hero Tales of the Far North Being a regular boy, he had been guilty of too much skylarking. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Sweeny immediately shinned up the stepped beam, uttered a neigh of triumphant laughter from the top, and then skylarked down again. Overland I brought from England to India two English skylarks. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden "Oh, it's only the boys and a bit of skylarking," said Trove. Darrel of the Blessed Isles They sprang up suddenly and tunefully as skylarks from the daisy-spangled, hawthorn-bordered meadows of old England, with a blitheness long unknown, and in their idyllic underflights moved with the tenderest currents of human life. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous The subject of Shelley's stanzas To a Skylark would be the ideas which arise in the mind of an educated person when, without knowing the poem, he hears the word "skylark." English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice That Steersman, he thought a good deal of his Stroke, And there seemed scarce a steadier oarsman than Bow, But they must have got "skylarking." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 5, 1890 In crossing some fields between Cairo and the Pyramids I was surprized and delighted with the songs of Egyptian skylarks. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden But I know more than he, how You must love them: Their laughter, and their bubbling, skylark words To cool Your heart. The Piper What! lad?--come all the way from Coventry, and never show that face of thine, nor let them hear thy skylark's song? Master Skylark The contents of the stanzas To a Skylark are not the ideas suggested by the word "skylark" to the average man; they belong to Shelley just as much as the language does. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice He was an austere man, and, unlike the brave old commodore, made no allowance for our pranks and skylarking. Not Pretty, but Precious Shelley for the wildness of the west wind, and the ubiquitous spiritual emotion which speaks equally in the song of a skylark or a political revolution. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The angels' music is like the song of the skylark, the sails ripple like a leaf-hidden brook—recollections of his happy boyhood in. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems Upon my heart, he hath a skylark prisoned in his throat! Master Skylark There was a craze of skylarking the first few weeks after the school opened. The Dozen from Lakerim The only difficulty would be in keeping aunt Becky Burnham from pitching it in a key where nobody but a soprano skylark, accustomed to warble at a great height, could possibly sing it. The Village Watch-Tower The skylark's trill Were but discordance shrill To the soft thrill Of wooing as I'd woo - Were I thy bride! Songs of a Savoyard It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings. De Profundis Upon my word," said the Queen, "it is an odd skylark cannot sleep in feathers! Master Skylark Weather in towns is like a skylark in a counting-house—out of place and in the way. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow My aunt, dear soul, was in those days quite thin and slender, with a delicate rosebud completion and a disposition to connubial badinage, to a sort of gentle skylarking. Tono Bungay But they looked earnest and they looked sollum, too, and they wasn't no joking nor skylarking going on, nor no kind of rowdyness, neither. Danny's Own Story They began to skylark; to play with the sacred lights; to giggle when Carol was trying to make the sentimental Myrtle Cass into a humorous office-boy; to act everything but "The Girl from Kankakee." Main Street Why, Nick, come, tune that skylark note of thine for little Golden-heart and me. Master Skylark A skylark springing suddenly from the grass a few yards from his feet made him stop short once and stand looking upward and listening. The Shuttle There was, so far as I can remember now, a complete cessation of all those cheerful outbreaks of elasticity, no more skylarking in the shop nor scampering about the house. Tono Bungay If I take you into my room and shut you up there, you, a wild skylark of the air, what will become of you? The Little Lame Prince But, what frightened Lotu most, not one of the five remembered anything of what had passed, but they were all like drunken men, and sang and laughed in the boat, and skylarked. Island Nights' Entertainments Thou art the bravest skylark that ever broke a shell! Master Skylark Who could pass by a skylark at five o'clock on a summer's morning—the little, heavenly light-heart circling and wheeling, showering down diamonds, showering down pearls, from its tiny pulsating, trilling throat? The Shuttle No literate person can listen to a skylark over an English meadow without hearing in its notes the melodies of Chaucer and Shelley. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations In the park were the inevitable array of nursemaids, skylarking couples, and ragged little boys. The Octopus : A story of California Three skylarks heard, three skylarks told All shepherds this same song of gold On all downs where winds blow. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 And Colley was singing as if his heart would leap out of his round mouth for joy to follow after the song they sung, till they came to the end and the skylark's song. Master Skylark Then the skylark, showering golden rain, swept down to earth and its nest in the meadow, and they walked on. The Shuttle Mere living wears the most of life away: Even the lilies take thought for many things, For frost in April and for drought in May, And from no careless heart the skylark sings. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 Everyone was in the best of humor, calling from team to team, laughing, skylarking, joshing. The Octopus : A story of California Two skylarks soar With singing flame Into the sun whence first they came. Miscellany of Poetry 1919 Ma foil it passeth understanding--a freed skylark come back to its cage! Master Skylark When the soaring skylark sings How shall the stony statue strain to hear? The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 The skylark soars the freshening shower to hail, And the meek daisy holds aloft her pail, And Spring all radiant by the wayside pale Sets up her rock and reel. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 And don't imagine because they skylark like this, and sit up all night, that they aren't most dignified when they have to be. His Hour The bearers, who had taken the punishment in silence, arose, saluted, and begun to skylark among themselves, which was their way of working off emotion. The Leopard Woman It's like a skylark singing up close to the sun, and doing the tremolo with its wings. The Incomplete Amorist The skylark springs Far up to catch thy glory on his wings; And thou dost bless him first that highest soars. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 To see her laugh, to hear the ring of it, clear and sweet as a skylark's song! London Pride Or When the World Was Younger A gang of uncouth practical jokers, exploding in horse-laughter, skylarked about, jostling rudely. The Forest A skylark swung himself up, a small grey ball, spinning over the tree tops to the arch of the sunset. Mary Olivier: a Life Shelley's skylark, Bryant's water-fowl, and a pigeon from the belfry of the Old South Church, preserved by N. P. Willis, were placed on the same perch. A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") That poet's songs, Whose music evermore recalls his name, His name of waters babbling as they run, Rose from him in the fields among the kine, And met the skylark's, raining from the clouds. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 He just lies on that bed, and the most he can do is to skylark a bit with Nestorius. With Edged Tools When they let him loose, it was a season of high jinks and rare skylarking. A Rough Shaking It may be that he knew a skylark from a redbreast, and did not confound the dog-rose with the honeysuckle. Milton To those who have read a previous volume of mine entitled, "Four Boy Hunters," the lads skylarking in the snow need no special introduction. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters The crews of the two vessels also became acquainted, and when the day's work was ended, often assembled on board one of the vessels, and indulged in singing, conversing, skylarking, or spinning yarns. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Small wonder, then, that he failed utterly to see why the youths "loafed on the campus, or in their rooms, twanging banjos and guitars, singing silly songs, and skylarking." T. Haviland Hicks Senior Agathemer tartly enquired whether we really had time to waste on skylarking with strange dogs. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The skylark never approaches human habitations in this way, as the redbreast does, Mr. Masson replies that the subject of the verb "to come" is, not the skylark, but L'Allegro, the joyous student. Milton About the same time, two 'highly connected' young Virginians, clerks in a hardware store at Charlottesville, while 'skylarking,' came to blows. Life on the Mississippi, Part 8. Heavenly employment must be full of life and joy, bearing us upward like the wings of a skylark, as he bathes in the sunlight of the upper ether, and carols forth his joy. The Elements of Character So, now it was all ended; the four years of study, athletics, campus escapades, dormitory skylarking—the golden years of college life, were about to end for 1919. T. Haviland Hicks Senior And the firm of celebrated architects prepared to evacuate the studio—Quair exhibiting symptoms of incipient skylarking, in which he was said to be at his best. Between Friends I cannot construe the lines as Mr. Masson does, even though the consequence were to convict Milton, a city-bred youth, of not knowing a skylark from a sparrow when he saw it. Milton The church-bell in the windless sky Peaceably rings, A skylark soaring in the sky Endlessly sings. Poems of Paul Verlaine Go hence, dull raven; when I bid thee croak, 'Twill be when frogs sing ditties on an oak; When hopping toads like winged skylarks fly; When limping elves are lovely to mine eye. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Often again would he hear the skylarking youths, the gay songs, the banjo-strumming; often would he see the brightly lighted Quad., would gaze out on the campus! T. Haviland Hicks Senior He instances, as other critics have done, the extraordinary succession of images by which Shelley strives to portray the spirit of the skylark. A Study of Poetry The skylark's nest among the grass And waving corn is found; The robin's in a shady bank, With oak-leaves strewed around. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation "Do ye hear there!" repeated Merry—"who's skylarking with those negroes?" The Pilot The song died away; and the last notes were like those of the skylark when she sinks into her nest at sunset. Melody : the Story of a Child Instead, he mingled with his fellows, lingering with the team for the skylarking in the shower-room after scrimmage, turning out for the nightly mass-meeting. T. Haviland Hicks Senior Moth and snail and skylark, daisy and field-mouse and water-fowl, seized by an eye that is quick to their poetic values, their interest to men, furnish material enough for lyric feeling. A Study of Poetry A Scotch shepherd, who loved poetry, and made some verses about the skylark, which Sharley and May repeat, tells a story of one of these dogs which I am sure you will think worth remembering. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation "Here's one of the boys skylarking with my harpoon in the lee-scuppers, and by and by, when I shall want it most, there'll be a no-man's land to hunt for it in." The Pilot I am growing too old for such skylarking, and I sometimes come away with a cold in my head. Castilian Days Happy undergraduates, skylarking on the campus, celebrated the end of study, and gazed with some awe at the Seniors, in cap and gown, suddenly transformed into strange beings, instead of old comrades and college-mates. T. Haviland Hicks Senior The term has been applied very loosely in this country to both the meadow- lark and the bobolink, yet it is pretty generally understood now that we have no genuine skylark east of the Mississippi. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I have an idea that that will take us to the skylark. If I May Throstle and skylark to be admired must be heard at a distance. Birds in Town and Village "I told you so, Mafame," said the man; "what are you skylarking about the mizen—chains for, man?—Come in, will you, come in." Tom Cringle's Log Presently she gave over skylarking, and moved irresolutely about, sighing once or twice and glancing furtively and wistfully toward Tom. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. "Good heavens!" he exclaimed, "that is a skylark; there is no mistaking that bird." The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton They do not mark skylarks on the map--I cannot say why--but something tells me that about a mile farther on, where the dots begin to bend.... If I May It was a spring day of brilliant sunshine, and the air was full of the music of scores of soaring skylarks. Birds in Town and Village It's that skylarking son of a gun, Jem Sparkle's monkey, sir. Tom Cringle's Log Tom joined the mob of skylarking scholars outside. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. My note-book of the past season is enriched with the unusual incident of an English skylark in full song above an Esopus meadow. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton White, mulatto, and negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading playthings, quarrelling, fighting, skylarking. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 1. The "shrill sharps" of the thrush must be softened by distance to charm; and the skylark, when close at hand, has both shrill and harsh sounds scarcely pleasing. Birds in Town and Village The morn was racked with storm:’Tis past; the skylark sings; the tide at floodSighs a soft joy: alone those lines of weedReport the wrath foregone. The Legends of Saint Patrick They passed away the rest of the time skylarking and fighting. While the Billy Boils I was much interested in an account a friend gave me of the first skylark he heard while abroad. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I might as well be asked to repeat the song of the skylark. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 |
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