Historical & Legendary Ballads & Songs By Walter Thornbury. Illustrated by J. Whistler, F. Walker, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, W. Small, F. Sandys, G. J. Pinwell, T. Morten, M. J. Lawless, and many others |
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The Cuckoo.
When a warm and scented steam
Rises from the flowering earth;
When the green leaves are all still,
And the song-birds cease their mirth;
In the silence before rain
Comes the cuckoo back again.
Rises from the flowering earth;
When the green leaves are all still,
And the song-birds cease their mirth;
In the silence before rain
Comes the cuckoo back again.
When the Spring is all but gone—
Tearful April, laughing May—
When a hush comes on the woods,
And the sunbeams cease to play;
In the silence before rain
Sounds the cuckoo's voice again.
Tearful April, laughing May—
When a hush comes on the woods,
And the sunbeams cease to play;
In the silence before rain
Sounds the cuckoo's voice again.
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