Lark
A lark rising through the air often speaks to aspirations lifting free, a moment when joy and ambition align without contradiction. Yet the bird's fragility reminds us that delight can be as vulnerable as it is buoyant—sometimes we must ask whether our ambitions serve connection or isolate us in flight.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for lark, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see larks flying, denotes high aims and purposes through the attainment of which you will throw off selfishness and cultivate kindly graces of mind.
To hear them singing as they fly, you will be very happy in a new change of abode, and business will flourish.
To see them fall to the earth and singing as they fall, despairing gloom will overtake you in pleasure's bewildering delights.
A wounded or dead lark, portends sadness or death.
To kill a lark, portends injury to innocence through wantonness.
If they fly around and light on you, Fortune will turn her promising countenance towards you.
To catch them in traps, you will win honor and love easily.
To see them eating, denotes a plentiful harvest.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of the lark, shows speedy increase of fortune. To lovers, this is a very favorable omen, and is a sign that the course of true love runs smooth.