larks

“Morning” people, called larks, wake up early and spring to life, and “night” people, or owls, stay up until the wee hours of morning and sleep late whenever possible.

SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

“Morning” people, called larks, wake up early and spring to life, and “night” people, or owls, stay up until the wee hours of morning and sleep late whenever possible.

SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010

Several stops where they outnumbered the horned larks, which is not an easy thing to do.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2004

All the woods were full of squirrels — gray squirrels and the red-fox species — and many birds and flowers; all the meadows were gay with clover and butterflies, and musical with singing grasshoppers and calling larks; there were blackberries in the fence rows, apples and peaches in the orchard, and watermelons in the corn.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

The sky was red in the east and the larks were already singing over the quiet fields when the men of Meer, followed by their wives and children, presented themselves at the Brussels gate of the city.

The Belgian Twins 1917

All the woods were full of squirrels and birds and blooming flowers; all the meadows were gay with clover and butterflies, and musical with singing grasshoppers and calling larks; the fence-rows were full of wild blackberries; there were apples and peaches in the orchard, and plenty of melons ripening in the corn.

The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916

The larks are a variant of laziness because of leisure; and the leisure is a variant of the security and even supremacy of the gentleman.

What I Saw in America 1905

All the woods were full of squirrels and birds and blooming flowers; all the meadows were gay with clover and butterflies, and musical with singing grasshoppers and calling larks; the fence-rows were full of wild blackberries; there were apples and peaches in the orchard, and plenty of melons ripening in the corn.

The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

All the woods were full of squirrels -- gray squirrels and the red-fox species -- and many birds and flowers; all the meadows were gay with clover and butterflies, and musical with singing grasshoppers and calling larks; there were blackberries in the fence rows, apples and peaches in the orchard, and watermelons in the corn.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

All the woods were full of squirrels -- gray squirrels and the red-fox species -- and many birds and flowers; all the meadows were gay with clover and butterflies, and musical with singing grasshoppers and calling larks; there were blackberries in the fence rows, apples and peaches in the orchard, and watermelons in the corn.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899