From his moist cabinet mounts up on high,
And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast
The sun ariseth in his majesty.”
Venus and Adonis.
Milton’s allusion to the early singing of this bird will be familiar to all:—
“To hear the lark begin his flight,
And, singing, startle the dull night,
From his watch-tower in the skies,
Till the dappled dawn doth rise.”
L’Allegro.