laverock
noun
a lark, especially a skylark.
lavrock
-
a variation of
laverock.
Example Sentences
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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 Sir Walter Scott
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 Alfred Noyes
Frae where the heather bluebells fling Their sangs o' fragrance to the Spring, To where the lavrock soars to sing, Still lives thy strain, For' a' the birds are twittering Sangs like thine ain.
From Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley
Still art thou singing, lavrock of her morn, Singing to heaven in that first golden glow, Singing above her mountains and her sea!
From The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems by Spencer Baird Nichols
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 Alfred Noyes
