More tuneable than lark to shepherd’s ear,
When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear.”
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act i. Sc. 1.
SONG OF THE LARK.
When Juliet spoke disparagingly of the lark’s song, it was because she wished the night prolonged, and knew that his voice betokened the approach of day:—
“It is the lark that sings so out of tune,
Straining harsh discords, and unpleasing sharps.
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Some say the lark and loathed toad change eyes;
O, now I would they had changed voices too!