To the Cuc-oo

O b-ithe ne-~co-er! I have heard,

I hear thee and re-oice:

O Cuc-oo! Sha-- I ca-- thee Bird,

Or but a -anderin- voice?

-hi-e I a- --in- on the -rass,

I hear th- rest-ess shout:

-ro- hi-- to hi-- it see-s to -ass,

About, and a-- about!

To -e, no Babb-er -ith a ta-e

O- sunshine and o- --o-ers,

Thou te--est, Cuc-oo! In the va-e

O- visionar- hours.

Thrice -e-co-e, Dar-in- o- the S-rin-!

Even -et thou art to -e

No Bird; but an invisib-e Thin-,

A voice, a --ster-.

The sa-e in -ho- -- Schoo-~bo- da-s

I -istened to; that cr-

-hich -ade -e -oo- a thousand -a-s;

In bush, and tree, and s--.

To see- thee did I o-ten rove

Throu-h -oods and on the -reen;

And thou -ert sti-- a ho-e, a -ove;

Sti-- -on-ed -or, never seen!

And I can -isten to thee -et;

Can -ie u-on the --ain

And -isten, ti-- I do be-et

That -o-den ti-e a-ain.

O b-essed Bird! The earth -e -ace

A-ain a--ears to -e

An unsubstantia-, -aer- --ace;

That is -it ho-e -or thee!

-i--ia- -ords-orth

(I realised when I put these Ns in that I had missed a few other letters out in some places. The scores however are correct as I counted the number of each letter from the original. Sorry for any confusion!)

Killearn Kitties: 91 Es + 42 Ss + 27 Ds + 20 Cs = 271 pts
Randi: 61 As + 47 Hs + 48 Ns = 217 pts
wombat2u2004: 65 Os + 68 Ts = 198 pts
JuniorxMyxLove = 54 Is = 108 pts
lvpets2002: 18 Bs + 10 Vs + 19 Us = 66 pts
Karen: 36 Rs = 36 pts

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