I am a night owl and also a morning lark.
A Lark had made her nest in the young green wheat.
No one, however, was so happy as the lark at not having to obey the little king.
Whereupon the eldest wished for pearls, the second wished for diamonds, but the third said, dear father, I should like a singing, soaring lark.
" Then the little Lark sang out cheerfully and prettily, "The Frog should not be the editor of the paper - no, it should be the Nightingale!
But the girls in the house sang, "Come from your fragrant home, green thyme; Stretch your soft branches, willow-tree; The months are bringing the sweet spring-time, When the lark in the sky sings joyfully.
I used to be called a complete lark.
The turf blazed brightly on the hearth, and within was sunlight, the sparkling light from the sunny eyes of a child; the birdlike tones from the rosy lips ringing like the song of a lark in spring.
The cuckoo sang, and the lark carolled, for it was now beautiful spring.
He felt the warm sun shining, and heard the lark singing, and saw that all around was beautiful spring.
However the youngest daughter wanted a singing lark.
The lark rose up carolling from the field, twittering her morning lay over the coffin, and presently perched upon it, picking with her beak at the straw covering, as though she would tear it up.
It did not mind that nobody saw it in the grass, and that it was a poor despised flower; on the contrary, it was quite happy, and turned towards the sun, looking upward and listening to the song of the lark high up in the air.
Yes, if I could change myself into anything I would be a little lark.
