Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: 4. THE SKYLARK, by WILLIAM SHENSTONE


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First Line: Go, tuneful bird, that glad'st the skies
Last Line: Who sings her praise, and sings forlorn.
Subject(s): Birds; Larks; Skylarks


GO, tuneful bird, that glad'st the skies,
To Daphne's window speed thy way;
And there on quiv'ring pinions rise,
And there thy vocal art display.

And if she deign thy notes to hear,
And if she praise thy matin song,
Tell her, the sounds that sooth her ear,
To Damon's native plains belong.

Tell her, in livelier plumes array'd,
The bird from Indian groves may shine;
But ask the lovely partial maid
What are his notes compared to thine?

Then bid her treat yon witless beau
And all his flaunting race with scorn;
And lend an ear to Damon's woe,
Who sings her praise, and sings forlorn.





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