...Glasgow, December 24<A, 1831. . THE SWAN AND THE SKYLARK. BY MRS HEBIANS. Hail to thee, blithe -pirn ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it,...full heart, In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. SHKLI.EY. MIDST the long reeds that o'er a Grecian stream Unto the faint wind sigh'd melodiously, And...

...ere the storm. Like a sister and brother The child and the ocean still smile on each other, \Yhilst TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou...from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profusa strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a...

...headlong speed, And bow their burning crest, and glide in fire Under the waters of Hie earth again. TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to thee blithe spirit ! Bird thou...strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher Prom the earth thou springest jLike a cloud of fire," The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still...

...from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. TO A SKYLARK. HAIL to ihee, Higher still and higher, From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire ; The blue deep thou wingeet,...

...has not any pretensions to the hilarity of the former. The ill-fated Shelley has some exquisite lines to a sky-lark : — Hail to thee, blithe spirit ;...unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the cloud ihou springest, Like a cloud of fire ; The deep blue thou wingest, And singing .still doit soar...

...periodicals. I am, &c. JAMES M'QuEEN. Glasgow, December 1lth, 1831. THE SWAN AND THE SKYLARK. BY SIRS HEMANS. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert,...full heart. In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. SHEL7-EV. MIDST the long reeds that o'er a Grecian stream Unto the faint wind sigh'd melodiously, And...

...reluctant from the very bosom of the sky. moonlight, just yielding to the break Hail to thec, blythe spirit. Bird thou never wert ; That from Heaven, or...full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art ! Hail, also, to the radiant tresses of the morn, now emulous of Nora of the amber hair, for day U...

...the break wo see the lovers before dawn, moving from his nest, and, next moment, Hail to thee, blythe spirit, Bird thou never wert; That from Heaven, or...full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art! Hail, also, to the radiant tresses of the morn, now emulous of Nora of the amber hair, for day is indeed...

...tempted to make a brief extract ; the two former, and particularly the first, are splendid compositions. To A SKYLARK. " Hail to thee ! blithe Spirit Bird thou never wert ! That from Heaven, or near it, Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chauut, Match'd with thine would be all But an empty vaunt — A thing...

...caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I rise and upbuild it again. THE SKY-LARK. Hail to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou...wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singcst. In the golden lighting Of the sunken sun. O'er which clouds are brightening, Thou dost float...