Larks

What voice of gladness, hark ! 
In heaven is ringing ? 
From the sad fields the lark 
Is upward winging. 

High through the mournful mist that blots our day 
Their songs betray 
them soaring in the grey. 
See them ! Nay, they

In sunlight swim ; above the furthest stain 
Of cloud attain ; 
their hearts in music rain
Upon the plain. 

Sweet birds, far out of sight 
Your songs of pleasure
Dome us with joy as bright 
As heaven's best azure.

by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) , "Larks", from Shorter Poems, Book V, published 1893

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Patricia A. Marshall , "Larks", 1955. [voice and piano]
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "What voice of gladness", published 1897 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Six Modern Lyrics, no. ?
by Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875-1938) , "Larks", published 1914. [chorus and piano]

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