O the Lark is Singing in the Sky - PublishedBy Joseph Swain, John Everett Millais 1864 Accession number: 1978P620.9 Wood engraving, printed in black, on paper. Width: 112 mm Height: 147 mm InformationThis image, engraved by Joseph Swain, was published in the periodical 'Good Words' to accompany a poem entitled 'O the Lark is Singing in the Sky' (January, 1864, p. 64):O the lark is singing in the sky,A bonny, bonny song;But there's a bird in my heart, love,A-singing all day long. The soaring lark sinks back to earth - His song will soon be o'er;But the bird in my heart, love,Shall sing for evermore.O the rose is blooiming in the sun,The sweetest flower that grows,But there's a bonny flower, love,Blooms fairer than the rose.It fills life's summer air with joy,Nor droops when stroms come o'er.'Twill flourish in its beautyWhen roses bloom no more.The poem is signed 'R.B.R'.
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