THE LARK IN THE CLEAR AIR 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 hope has been granted, And tomorrow she shall hear All my fond heart would say. I shall tell her all my love, All my soul's adoration; And I think she will hear me And will not say me nay. It is this that fills my soul With its joyous elation, As I hear the sweet lark sing In the clear air of the day. -- Sir Samuel FERGUSON. - Lawyer, Poet, Antiquarian, President Royal Irish Academy was born in Belfast in 1810 to a well-off ascendancy family, married Mary GUINNESS of the wealthy brewing family, couple lived at 20 North Great George's Street, Dublin.