 | 1855 - 36 sider
...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 sider
...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 hear thee, and...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | 1864 - 704 sider
...engravings, and by snch poetical selections as "The Curse b See Rule III. d See Jiule X., Note. " 0 blithe new-comer' ! I have heard — I hear thee and...cuckoo' ! shall I call thee bird', Or but a wandering voice1 ? " The same that in my school-boy days I listened to — that cry — Which made me look a... | |
 | William Stones (travel writer.) - 1858 - 268 sider
...morning call of the cuckoo, sinking deep into the soul of the deck-pacing mariner. " O blithe new comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice ; O cuckoo !...shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice." Northward, the broad peaceful meads of Essex, dotted with innumerable lowing cattle, stretched many... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1858 - 108 sider
...much delight in it." TO THE CUCKOO. О BLITHE new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. О 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. I hear thee... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1859 - 114 sider
...help me for my little wit ! I bear it with me, Sir ! he took so much delight in it." TO THE CUCKOO. O BLITHE new-comer ! I have heard, I hear thee and...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... | |
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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... 
