THE CUCKOO. 113 
* Cuckoo!” the Cuckoo shouts still, 
“I care not for you, let you rave as you 
will !” 
* Cuckoo!” the Cuckoo doth cry, 
And the little boys mock him as_ they 
go by. 
“ Hark! hark!” sings the chiff-chaff, ‘“ hark! 
hark!” sings the lark, 
And the white-throats and buntings all twitter 
“ hark! hark !” 
The wren and the hedge-sparrow hear it anon, 
And ‘“ hark! hark!” in a moment shouts every 
one. 
«Hark ! hark !—that’s the Cuckoo there, shout- 
ing amain! 
Bless our lives! why that egg-sucker’s come 
back again!” 
““ Cuckoo !”’ the Cuckoo shouts still, 
“7 shall taste of your eggs, let you rave 
as you will!” 
“ Cuckoo!” the Cuckoo doth cry, 
And the little boys mock him as they 
go by. 
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