 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 pages
...the well. TO THE CUCKOO.— Wordsworth. 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 loud note smites my ear; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872 - 584 pages
...confess their majesty ! TO THE CUCKOO. 0 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 gras Thy twofold shout I hearj From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...heard, but seldom seen — its noto so limited and almost unearthly : — O Cnckoo, shall I call thco `f . k .` . noto so contradictory to the genius of the season. In reference to the noto of the cuckoo we find the... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1873 - 408 pages
...philosophic gardens all leafless and bare, still from the depth of the desolation rose up the voice — O cuckoo, shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice ? which did not grow hoarse, like other cuckoos, but sang not unsweetly, if more faintly than before.... | |
 | Words, E. S. - 1873 - 184 pages
...zeal I served my king, He would not, in mine age, have left me naked to mine enemies. Shakespeare. O cuckoo, shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice. Wordsworth. O, how full of briars is this workingday world. Shakespeare. 96 GRAINS OF GOLD. O, how... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...lonely pleasure, Sighed to think I read a hook, Only read, perhaps, by me. To the Small Celandine. O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering voice ? To the Cuchoo. One of those heavenly days that cannot die. Nutting. She was a Phantom of delight... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1874 - 96 pages
...in which he lies. (1799.) 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, 5 Thy two-fold shout I hear, That seems to fill the whole air's space,... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 596 pages
...written the finest lines to this bird — O blithe new comer ! I have heard — I hear thee and rejoice. O cuckoo ! Shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice ? The lark and nightingale, the Attic bird of some poets, the Philomel of others, are however the rivals... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...lover is beloved.* [1824. 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 ? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pages
...valley where you have sung 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 5 Thy twofold shout I hear ; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At... | |
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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... 
