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Poems Of William Wordsworth: To The Cuckoo

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Wordsworth, William

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To The Cuckoo

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 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 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 same whom in my school - boy days I listen'd to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In ...

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