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... The Poetry of Nature - Page 581861 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 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 hear... | |
| 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
...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 rejoice...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 Wordsworth - English poetry - 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 hear... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 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
...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 rejoice...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... | |
| William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 380 pages
...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 rejoice...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... | |
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