Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!
  Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound
Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye
  Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground?
Thy nest, which thou canst drop into at will,
Those quivering wings composed,...

    BIRD of the wilderness,
    Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea!
    Emblem of happiness,
    Blest is thy dwelling-place,—
O, to abide in the desert with thee!
    Wild is thy lay and loud
    Far in the...

Poet: James Hogg