♪ Dear thoughts are in my mind ♪
♪ And my soul soars enchanted, ♪
♪ As I hear the sweet lark sing ♪
♪ In the clear air of the day. ♪
♪ For a tender beaming smile ♪
♪ To my heart has been granted, ♪
♪ And tomorrow she shall hear ♪
♪ What my fond heart would say. ♪
♪ I shall tell her all my love, ♪
♪ All my soul's adoration, ♪
♪ And I think that she will hear ♪
♪ And will not say me nay. ♪
♪ It is this that gives my soul ♪
♪ All its joyous elation, ♪
♪ As I hear the sweet lark sing ♪
♪ In the clear air of the day. ♪
(Ralph Vaughan Williams - 'The lark in the clear air' - Lynne Dawson)
(Horizontal Scale: logarithm of the frequency (from 2 octaves below middle C to 3 octaves above it)
(Vertical Scale: square root of the mean intensity A=440 Hz (equal temperament assumed)
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