Felicia Hemans

“ Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 32, Page 234
SONGS FOR MUSIC. BY MRS HEMANS.
I.
OH! SKY-LARK, FOR THY WING!
Oh! sky-lark, for thy wing!
Thou bird of joy and light,
That I might soar and sing
At Heaven's empyreal height!
With the heathery hills beneath me,
Whence the streams in glory spring,
And the pearly clouds to wreath me—
Oh, sky-lark! on thy wing!
Free, free from earth-born fear,
I would range the blessed skies,
Through the blue divinely clear,
Where the low mists cannot rise! ”