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... Birds and Poets: With Other Papers - Page 30by John Burroughs - 1877 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 258 pages
...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... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...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, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...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...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... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...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...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... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...simplicity : O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice : O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice. While I am lying on...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... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1820 - 372 pages
...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 hear thee babbling to the Vale... | |
| William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...theirs : — O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice : O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice. While I am lying on...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,... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...theirs : — O blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee, and rejoice : O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice ? While I am lying...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,... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...THE CUCKOO. 0 BLITHE New-comer ! I have heard, 1 hear thee and rejoice . O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying 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... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...rejoice : 0 Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? I am lying on the grass, I by load note smites my ear!— From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off and near ! I htar thee babbling to the Vale M "unshine and of flowera, And unto me thou bringst a tale ''f Tuionary... | |
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