The earth was green, the sky was blue:
I saw and heard one sunny morn,
A skylark hang between the two,
A singing speck above the corn;

A stage below, in gay accord,
White butterflies danced on the wing,
And still the singing skylark soared,
And silent sank and soared to sing.

The cornfield stretched a tender green
To right and left beside my walks;
I knew he had a nest unseen
Somewhere among the million stalks.

And as I paused to hear his song,
While swift the sunny moments slid,
Perhaps his mate sat listening long,
And listened longer that i did.

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She was born on December 5, 1830 in London and was educated entirely at home. She began writing  poetry when she was a teenager. Rossetti published some of her first poems in her grandfather's private press and under a pseudonym. She is best known for her ballads and religious poetry. She died on December 29, 1894 in Torrington Square, London. 

1. speck: dot; spot
2. accord: harmony: agreement
3. soared: ascended; climbed; flew up
4. tender: light