May 25, 1786

Posted by sydney on May 25th, 1786

The prospect from my great parlor-windows to the hanger now beautiful: the apple-trees in bloom add to the richness of the scenery! the grass-hopper lark whispers in my hedges. That bird, the fern-owl, & the nightingale of an evening may be heard at the same time: & often the wood-lark, hovering & taking circuits round in the air at a vast distance from the ground.

While high in the air, & pois’d upon its wings,/
Unseen the soft, enamour’d wood-lark sings.

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