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...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 thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. " To see thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope — a love —...

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...an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery. THE CUCKOOS. " The same whom in my schoolboy days I listened to : that cry Which made me look a thousand ways,...tree, and sky. " To seek thee did I often rove Through wood> and on the green ; And thou vert still a hope, a love • Still longed for, never seen. " And...

...I call thee bird', Or but a wandering voice' ? 3. " The same that in my school-boy days I listened to — that cry — Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. 4. ' ' To see thee did I often rove 140 PART U. IV. THE SCRATCHERS OR POULTRY BIRDS (RASORES), OFTEN...

...bird', Or but a wandering voice * ? 8. " The same that in my scb»ol-boy days I listened to—that cry— Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and tree, and sky. 4. " To see thee did I often rove IV. THE SCRATCHERS OR POULTRY-BIRDS (BASQUES), OFTEN CALLED THE GALLINACEOUS...

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...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...an invisible thing — A voice, a mystery. The same which in my schoolboy days I listened to ; that cry, Which made me look a thousand ways, In bush, and...

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