field lark

American  

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. meadowlark.

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Etymology

Origin of field lark

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

Even Mary, who had been pale and silent all morning, regained her spirits on that glorious ride, when Merry, with head thrown back, began to sing: 154     “The sailor’s wife the sailor’s star shall be,     Yo-ho, yo-ho-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho-ho!” and she joined in the chorus with the others, her clear, sweet voice piping out like the notes of a field lark in a chorus of birds.

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She who had been as blithe as a field lark all her life was showing to Joe Hurley for the first time a most unnatural soberness of spirit.

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Till hark, in the chill of the dawn A field lark wakes and cries, And over the floor of the sea We watch the round sun rise.

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HE well known Meadow or Old Field Lark is a constant resident south of latitude 39, and many winter farther north in favorite localities.

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Onward I ride in the blowing oats, Checking the field lark’s rippling notes— Lightly I sweep from steep to steep; O’er my head through branches high Come glimpses of deep blue sky; The tall oats brush my horse’s flanks: Wild poppies crowd on the sunny banks; A bee booms out of the scented grass; A jay laughs with me as I pass.

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