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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
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!
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