Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LARK, by WILLIAM BARNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I, below the mornen sky Last Line: An' uncaught larks ageän mid sound. Subject(s): Birds; Farm Life; Larks; Agriculture; Farmers; Skylarks | ||||||||
As I, below the mornèn sky, Wer out a-workèn in the lew O' black-stemm'd thorns, a-springèn high, Avore the worold-boundèn blue, A-reäkèn, under woak tree boughs, The orts a-left behin' by cows. Above the grey-grow'd thistle rings, An' deäisy-buds, the lark, in flight, Did zing aloft, wi' flappèn wings, Tho' mwore in heärèn than in zight; The while my bwoys, in plaÿvul me'th, Did run till they wer out o' breath. Then woone, wi' han'-besheäded eyes, A-stoppèn still, as he did run, Look'd up to zee the lark arise A-zingèn to the high-gone zun; The while his brother look'd below Vor what the groun' mid have to show. Zoo woone did watch above his head The bird his hands could never teäke; An' woone, below, where he did tread, Vound out the nest within the breäke; But, aggs be only woonce a-vound, An' uncaught larks ageän mid sound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS; ON HEARING A SKYLARK SING by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE CAGED SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE SEA AND THE SKYLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE WOODLARK by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LARK ASCENDING by GEORGE MEREDITH RETURNING, WE HEAR THE LARKS by ISAAC ROSENBERG AUBADE [OR, A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A WINTER NIGHT by WILLIAM BARNES |
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