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race more largely ; none which, by its unwavering fidelity, its 

 prompt obedience, its activity and powers of endurance, and its 

 apt, sagacious, and companionable nature, holds higher claims 

 upon the gratitude and esteem of the pastoral community, and 

 of mutton-eaters in general. 



THE VOICE OF THE CUCKOO. 



i. 

 Is the cuckoo come 1 Is the cuckoo come 1 



Hear you its happy voice 



Bidding the hills rejoice, 

 Greeting green summer and sweet May-morn ? 



See you the bird, 



Or starts the loved word 

 Out from the heart of some dewy thorn ? 



n. 

 Is the cuckoo come 1 Is the cuckoo come ? 



Down by the reedy spring 



Watching its welcome wing, 

 Wends the lone angler toward the lake ; 



Joy in his heart, 



With fancy alert, 

 He rears sunny visions wandering awake. 



in. 

 Is the cuckoo come 1 Is the cuckoo come I 



Lover of chiming streams ! 



Banish thine airy dreams, 

 Hark the wild-note of the fairy-voiced bird ! 



Now in the glen, 



And listen again, 

 Up on the hill-side rings the glad word. 



