Liam ó Comáin - CUCKOO CUCKOO

The cuckoo sings
From the wood
Beyond the lake

At break of day
The migrants call
Pierced the air
Of blossoming may

And in evening stillness
Clear as a stream
Cuckoo! cuckoo!
It did sing

Now dark silences
The song of birds
A velvety dark....

Liam ó Comáin

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