That, singing, up to heaven’s gate ascend.”
The “rising of the lark” and the “lodging of the lamb” have become synonymous with “morn” and “eve,” (Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 7); and he that would rise early is counselled to “stir with the lark” (Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3).
THE PLOUGHMAN’S CLOCK.
With the labourer whose avocation takes him across the fields at early dawn, the lark is always an especial favourite; and Shakespeare would have it furnish some indication of the time of day:—
“When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
And merry larks are ploughmen’s clocks.”
Song—Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Again—
“O happy fair!
Your eyes are lode-stars, and your tongue’s sweet air