Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CUCKOO, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: When I was sitting near a stream Last Line: And shouted in my face! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SILVER SWANS: 14. HOTOTOGISU - HOROBIRETE by KENNETH REXROTH ODE TO THE CUCKOO by MICHAEL BRUCE AMORETTI: 19 by EDMUND SPENSER TO THE CUCKOO (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 3. TO THE CUCKOO by MARK AKENSIDE LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 6. SPRING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CUCKOO by ALEXANDER ANDERSON NIGHTINGALE AND CUCKOO by ALFRED AUSTIN A CUCKOO SONG by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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