Hail to Thee, Blithe Spirit

Just as Percy Bysshe Shelley was swept into the poetry of the skylark’s dance in the first two stanzas of his immortal work, so we will take a moment today to open a few literary passages that sweep us into sky, island, garden, parlor - and even a schoolroom - in admiration of birds.

Works Shared:

"To a Skylark" poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley

"My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

"The Swiss Family Robinson" by Johann Wyss

"The Wheel on the School" by Meindert DeJong

"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Anne of Avonlea" by L.M. Montgomery