..."The smaller Lark they eate all at one bite."65 In Milton's L 'Allegro, the sprightly speaker rises To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. [410^8] One might recall...

...crew, To Eve with her, and live with thee, In unreprovfid pleasures free; To hear the lark begin hiss flight, And singing, startle the dull Night From his...sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with Evely din Scatters the rear...