Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | III. The Seasons | | Cuckoo Song | | Anonymous |
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SUMER 1 is icumen in. | |
| Lhude sing cuccu. | |
| Groweth sed | |
| And bloweth med | |
| And springth the wude nu. | 5 |
| Sing cuccu! | |
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| Awe bleteth after lomb, | |
| Lhouth after calve cu; | |
| Bulluc sterteth, | |
| Bucke verteth, | 10 |
| Murie sing cuccu. | |
| Cuccu, cuccu. | |
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| Wel singes thu cuccu, | |
| Ne swike thu naver nu. | |
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BURDEN Sing cuccu, nu. Sing cuccu, | 15 |
| Sing cuccu, sing cuccu nu! | |
| | | Note 1. GLOSS: lhude, loud; awe, ewe; lhouth, loweth; sterteth, leapeth; swike, cease. [back] | | |
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