 O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest...  Woodnotes: For All Seasons - Page 441842 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...but these have none. 56 TO THE CUCKOO. © blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice: 0 Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass, 1 hear thy restless shout s From hill to hill it seems. to pass, About, and all about ! , D5 ri. To... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...these have none. il. TO THE CUCKOO. 0 blithe New-comer ! I have heard, 1 hear thee and rejoice : 0 Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass, 1 hear thy restless shout : From hill to hill it seems to pass, About, and all about ! To me, no Babbler... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...II. p. 45. « The Swan on still St. iviary's lake Floats doulle, Swan and Shadow !" Vol. II. p. 34. ' O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering -voice! ' Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou art to me No Bird ; but an invisible thing,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...in which he lies! 298 n. TO THE CUCKOO. 0 BUTHE New-comer! I have heard, 1 hear thee and rejoice : 0 Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass, Thy loud note smites my ear ! — From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near ! 1... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...brood* {" of the same bird, "His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze ;" " O, Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ?" , The Stock-dove is said to coo, a sound well imitating the note of the bird ; but, by the intervention... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...One of our living writers has described this sentiment, in a little poem of beautiful simplicity : O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and...a wandering voice. While I am lying on the grass, . .••;;•...„ \ Thy loud note smites my ear ! From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...confess their majesty ! IIL TO THE CUCKOO. 0 BLITHE New-comer ! I have heard, 1 hear thee and rejoice : 0 Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass, Thy loud note smites my ear ! It seems to fill the whole air's space, At once far off and near ! 1... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1820 - 378 pages
...broods ;" of the same bird, " His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze;" " O, Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice?" The Stock-dove is said to coo, a sound well imitating the note of the bird ; but, by the intervention... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...that our days of poetry have returned, we too have a song for it, as genuine as any of theirs : — O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and...a wandering voice. While I am lying on the grass, Thy loud note smites my ear ! From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near ! The same... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...that our days of poetry have returned, we too have a song for it as genuine as any of theirs : — O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee, and...a wandering voice ? While I am lying on the grass, Thy loud note smites my ear ! From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near ! The same... | |
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