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A VIOLINIST by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON

First Line: THE LARK ABOVE OUR HEADS DOTH KNOW
Last Line: LIST RAPTURED, AND THANK GOD FOR THEE.
Subject(s): BIRDS; LARKS; VIOLINS; SKYLARKS;

THE lark above our heads doth know
A heaven we see not here below;
She sees it, and for joy she sings;
Then falls with ineffectual wings.

Ah, soaring soul! faint not nor tire!
Each heaven attained reveals a higher.
Thy thought is of thy failure; we
List raptured, and thank God for thee.



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