Che Cuckoos 





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HOW has that "blessed 

 bird" and "sweet messenger 

 of spring," the "cuckoo," im- 

 posed upon the poetic sensi- 

 bilities of its native land ! 

 And what is this cuckoo which has thus be- 

 witched all the poets ? What is the personality 

 behind that " wandering voice ?" What the dis- 

 tinguishing trait which has made this wily at- 

 tendant on the spring notorious from the times of 

 Aristotle and Pliny? Think of "following the 

 cuckoo," as Losfan longed to do, in its " annual 

 visit around the globe," a voluntary witness and 

 accessory to the blighting curse of its vagrant, 

 almost unnatural life! No, my indiscriminate 

 bards; on this occasion we must part company. 

 I cannot "follow" your cuckoo — except with a 



