Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti

The Skylark

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. 

1. The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860
2. A Peal of Bells
3. In the Round Tower at Jhansi, June 8, 1857
4. Another Spring
5. Song (O roses for the flush of youth)

Edith Nesbit The Skylark ("Love of my life, bear witness here")

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