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THE LARK by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE

Poet Analysis

First Line: A CLOSE GRAY SKY
Last Line: THEN NOT AT ALL!
Subject(s): BIRDS; LARKS; SKYLARKS;

(SALISBURY, ENGLAND )

A CLOSE gray sky,
And poplars gray and high,
The country-side along;
The steeple bold
Across the acres old --
And then a song!
Oh, far, far, far,
As any spire or star,
Beyond the cloistered wall!
Oh, high, high, high,
A heart-throb in the sky --
Then not at all!



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