sky-lark

So Shaw let Milton alone, and he got on very well in his own way, doggedly sticking to his books, and resisting all temptations but those of certain libraries, athletic games, and such inexpensive pleasures as were within his means; for this benighted youth had not yet discovered that college nowadays is a place in which to "sky-lark," not to study.

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

Off duty, however, we were two boys together, and rather inclined to sky-lark.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

It is to be regretted that neither of the two great singing-birds of the Old World is found in American; that both the sky-lark and the nightingale should be strangers on this side the Atlantic.

Rural Hours 1887

BRAVE lyrist! like the sky-lark, heaven-possessed,

Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1882

A woman's voice, fresh and clear as the song of a sky-lark, was singing "Wapping Old Stairs," to the accompaniment of a feeble old piano.

Run to Earth A Novel 1875

Brave as a lion, deliberate as a bear, patient as an ox, faithful as a mastiff, affectionate as a Newfoundland dog, sagacious as a crow, talkative as a magpie, and withal as cheery and full of song as a sky-lark.

Burl Morrison Heady 1872

So Shaw let Milton alone, and he got on very well in his own way, doggedly sticking to his books, and resisting all temptations but those of certain libraries, athletic games, and such inexpensive pleasures as were within his means; for this benighted youth had not yet discovered that college nowadays is a place in which to "sky-lark," not to study.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

As with the singing of the sky-lark out of sight, you must love the bird to be attentive to the song, so in this highest flight of the Comic Muse, you must love pure Comedy warmly to understand the

Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

As with the singing of the sky-lark out of sight, you must love the bird to be attentive to the song, so in this highest flight of the Comic

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

It was a lovely spring morning when with his stick and his knapsack he set out, his heart as light as that of the sky-lark that seemed for a long way to accompany him.

Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864