 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
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 pages
...of the Egyptian ibis." TO THE CUCKOO. 0 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 Thy two-fold shout I hear, That seems to fill the whole air's space, A . As loud far off as near. ^'... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...old Helvellyn won thee To confess their majesty! TO 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? WORDSWORTH'S POETICAL WORKS. While I am lying on the grase Thy twofold shout I hear, That seems to... | |
 | 1854 - 402 pages
...to in a preceding page, Wordsworth has beautifully embodied and •expressed in his touching poem on the cuckoo : "O blithe new-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. 0 cuckoo, shall I cull thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy two-fold... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1855 - 704 pages
...be, For thee a funeral bell shall ring, And all the congregation sing A Christian psalm for thee, um TO THE CUCKOO. o BLITHE New-comer ! I have heard,...a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass Thy two-fold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass At once far off, and near. 18* Though... | |
 | 1855 - 36 pages
...unwelcome publicity ! They alone of all men " have the receipt of fern-seed and walk invisible." " O cuckoo, shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice?" They pull the strings on the public stage, but keep themselves always behind the scenes. The old name... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise, And the colors have all passed away from her eyes! TO THE CUCKOO. O BLITHE New-comer! I have heard, I...but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy two-fold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...strain, — His banner led the spears no more amidst the hills of Spain. Mrs. Hemans. TO THE CUCKOO.1 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 : It seems to fill the whole air's space ; At once far off and near ! 1... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1856 - 518 pages
...did not consider it his best of its kind, it was a favourite with him, especially the opening : . " O, blithe new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and...! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice ? " " Everybody must admit the justice of the thought; and Wordsworth added, that the merit did not... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 pages
...beautifully versified by Wordsworth : "O 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, Thy two-fold shout I hear, That seems to fill the whole air's space, As loud far off as near. " Though... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pages
...road between Nether Stowey and Alfoiden, 1797. TO 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 ? t While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, J From hill to hill it seems to pass, At... | |
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