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THE CUCKOO by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: WHEN I WAS SITTING NEAR A STREAM
Last Line: AND SHOUTED IN MY FACE!
Subject(s): BIRDS; CUCKOOS;
When I was sitting near a stream,
And watched the waves that came in turns
To butt the rocks that kept them in,
Breaking their milk-white horns –
'Twas then a Cuckoo, full of joy,
No man had seen in any place,
Perched on a tree before my eyes,
And shouted in my face!



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