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There was never a lavrock up in the skies Blithe as the laugh of their lips and eyes, As they glanced and glittered across the meadows To waken the sleepy butterflies.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

The hawk dropped down into the pine-forest And, far below, the lavrock ruffled her wings Blossomwise over her winsome secret nest.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred

When the glede's in the blue cloud, The lavrock lies still; When the hound's in the greenwood.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

And whan the wee flow'rets begin then to blaw, The lavrock, the peasweep, and skirlin' pickmaw, Shall hiss the bleak winter to Lapland awa, Then we 'll ply the blythe hours at the sawin' o't.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

When the sounds were renewed, the words were distinctly audible: "When the glede's in the blue cloud, The lavrock lies still; When the hound's in' the green-wood, The hind keeps the hill."

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir