The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-08-15
FHE SKYLARK'S SONG
a.s, r.rp- u ~ "a wonder Of Melody,
oars ap1 qunIitN, but It's N...tIe
EH ss,.eunding aud tt~ Circuu, iaurr
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ar mo-t o.. most mr.. no. ur
.. 1U. . WuJ gu.|. arc
.ttlI'r.... ta,.l .uur of sound us.
.Hu.sIfrv ID cam Uy heard clearly
relrr Ils lark uas mounted, a, It
sq1nE.lns doo- beyond recognition by
sauy..D oyrsight Tho volume Of sound
% llsel upSt noticeable when a Gagged
tnrf1 Is beard, singing as Il does far
rsasry4 fo tAe hoaror than the bird IN
.1ir shy But apart from the quality
asJI nusln OF the song the circum.
szHS-s, IN which it is uttered render
~ Hr astonishing feat
Erswy other considerable songster Is
nos. aware that singing entails much
iSHlzsJs1i effort Consequently It takes
..sssf "a secure a good platform TO sing
9tHr. 4 thrush or a blackbird or a
-u3sE nearly always selects top shoot
vG Tsrojs.ting bouEh preferably a dead
lszs .sI (which II sits and sings. never
aurlrs; it's position and without any
-satKs.rs round II 10 hinder the carry Of
s5S -uice The blackcHp and nlghtin-
-piie and some of the warblers sit In
mash TO sing but the whitethroat
AMI even the hedge sparrow choose
TN. tNpmost twig The whtethroat
srsp,at ues fiugs when descending. and
rzoa, "a 1be pipits and the wood lark
ma, tbr snme, the meadow pipit singing
q. a cv4bi, little song as II makes a short
,isssTnt and descent.
IhaI 70 the strain on its lungs OF long
uT1n.scfeJ song the lark adds the great
rsunrIijar 'sxertion Of steady upward
4Btrnl usually carried out not by seal
slsS the air in gentle circles, as in the
spGsS5rx ot the larger birds. but by
7SS-rfS-s climb made by the incessant
.sy-Osfrx OF Its wings Wordsworths
, q '.-,gsu-,iiOn OF II as the
N Et2s of the wise who soar. but never
rrNam.
nsaass ~ the kindred points Of heaven and
acme,
. Omen almost literally correct After
ctSo or three spirnls the bird goes up
Sirrlasi a. II il were drawn henyenward
~ cord and then, closing It's wings.
lfs-'-fads lik" a falling stone to the
Sszy point from which it rose. The
sf1a-n upon the muscles and the lungs
nYIW DE great II during all this time
n vrrr, siInpt Rut If ch,,.cs to odd
a, r,,,. .,,,.crtion or s,,rip,,. u,,t ,r rorr.
INK forih continuous Hood Of sweet
nayas' win no iutcrmISSions or breaks
rNit3rrrrr
.l viii soar and sing during
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