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The Cuckoo : : by John Burroughs ( April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921 ) : : American Poem : : Strange, reserved, unsocial bird,Flitting, peering ‘mid the leaves,Thy lonely call a twofold wordRepeated like a soul that grieves—“Kou-kou,” “Kou-kou”—a solemn plaintNow loud and full, now far and faint.A joyless wingèd anchorite,Or hapless exileContinue reading “The Cuckoo : John Burroughs : : Bird Poems : :”