Cuckoo

May’s mildness mocks the gladdend sky

& clouds as swiftly clouds pursue

Save that no swallow cares to flye

Nor cuckoo sings the story true

Thus some few days may idly dwell

& hold the tempting season still

& tempt the early buds to swell

For lurking winters blast to kill

& many a flower on sunny slopes

That startles up the spring to see

Is doomd to loose their early hopes

& perish in their infancy

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