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LARKS by KATHARINE TYNAN

First Line: ALL DAY IN EXQUISITE AIR
Last Line: THE SONG WENT UP THE STAIR.
Subject(s): BIRDS; LARKS; SINGING & SINGERS; STAIRS; SKYLARKS;

ALL day in exquisite air
The song clomb an invisible stair,
Flight on flight, story on story,
Into the dazzling glory.

There was no bird, only a singing,
Up in the glory, climbing and winging,
Like a small golden cloud at even,
Trembling 'twixt earth and heaven.

I saw no staircase, winding, winding,
Up in the dazzle, sapphire and blinding,
Yet round by round, in exquisite air,
The song went up the stair.



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