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Christina Georgina Rossetti - The Skylark
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The earth was green, the sky was blue: 
I saw and heard one sunny morn, 
A skylark hang between the two, 
A singing speck above the corn; 


A stage below, in gay accord, 
White butterflies danced on the wing, 
And still the singing skylark soared, 
And silent sank and soared to sing. 


The cornfield stretched a tender green 
To right and left beside my walks; 
I knew he had a nest unseen 
Somewhere among the million stalks: 


And as I paused to hear his song, 
While swift the sunny moments slid, 
Perhaps his mate sat listening long, 
And listened longer than I did.
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