To a Skylark
/ˌtuː ə ˈskaɪlɑːk/
/ˌtuː ə ˈskaɪlɑːrk/
- one of the best-known short poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was inspired by the song of a bird he heard when in Italy and begins with the famous lines: “Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!Bird thou never wert.”