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" Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery... "
The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 92
by James Stuart Laurie - 1863
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Poems, in Two Volumes,

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...D5 ri. To me, no Babbler with a tale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou tellest, Cuckoo ! in the vale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, Darling of the...Bird ; but an invisible Thing, A voice, a mystery. The same whom in my SchooUboy days I listen'd to; that Cry Which Hindu me look a thousand ways; In...
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Poems in 2 Vols., Reprinted Original Ed. of 1807 Ed. with Note on ..., Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...1820, 1827, and 1845. We quote the final revision ; " 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." Stanza iii., revised in 1815 and 1820, took shape finally in 1827 : " Though babbling only, to the...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 4, Part 1

1808 - 596 pages
...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...Bird ; but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. ' The same whom in my school-boy days I listen'd to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways ;...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...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 hear thee babbling to the Vale Of sunshine and of flowers ; And unto me thou b ring's ta tale Of...
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ..., Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...'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 hear thee babbling to the Vale Of sunshine and of flowers ; And unto me thou bring'st a tale Of...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...and near ! 1 hear thee babbling to the Vale Of sunshine and of flowers ; But unto me thou bring'st a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, Darling...Bird ; but an invisible Thing, A voice, a mystery. VOI,. II. 6 The same whom in my School-boy days I listened to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...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 which in my school-boy days I listened to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways...
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The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll ..., Volume 2

William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...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 ! The same which in my school-boy days 1 listened to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways,...
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The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History ..., Volume 2

William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...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 ! The same which in my school-boy days I listen'd to ; that cry Which made me look a thousand ways,...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, That seems to fill the whole air's space, As loud far off as near. * Though babbling only, to the Vale, Of sunshine...Bird : but an invisible Thing, A voice, a mystery. The same whom in my School-boy days I listened to ; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In...
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