Margery Berridge Grey. To a Skylark. William Wilfred Campbell, comp. 1913. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse

William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913.

To a Skylark

By Margery Berridge Grey


WHEN with crimson tints and rare
Phoebus paints the world so fair,
Then, thou morning minstrel, rise;
Flood with melody the skies!

When the dawn’s gates ope again,	5
Swell thy tuneful throat! oh! then
Serenade the silver stars,
Peeping through the morn’s pale bars.

When the azure mists of night
Flee before the morning light,	10
Pour forth harmony above,
And softly wake my sleeping love!