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MY LIFE'S EXAMPLE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: STAND WITH EYES FIXED, THE CUCKOO CALLS
Last Line: AND HEARTS GROWN OLD AND WISE.
Subject(s): WISDOM;
Stand with eyes fixed, the Cuckoo calls –
Let all the world go blind!
Should any search be made at all,
Let it be for the Wind!

At Birdland Corner, where I live,
And daffodils appear –
The hero of my life and dreams
Cries 'Cuckoo' every year.

He is my life's example, and
His spirit fills my place;
That I, like him, would be a voice,
And never show my face.

And let my notes be cries of joy,
Too simple to despise;
That children from their cradles love,
And hearts grown old and wise.



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