by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886)

The lark in the clear air
 (Sung text for setting by P. Tate)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
Dear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted
As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day
For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted,
And tomorrow she shall hear all my fond heart would say.

I shall tell her all my love, all my soul's adoration,
And I think she will hear and will not say me nay.
It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation,
As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day.

Composition:

    Set to music by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "The lark in the clear air", published 1960, melody after a traditional Irish air

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Lerche in der klaren Luft", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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