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The Wonder Maker

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Come, if thou'rt cold to Summer's charms,      Her clouds of green, her starry flowers,     And let this bird, this wandering bird,      Make his fine wonder yours;     He, hiding in the leaves so green,      When sampling this fair world of ours,     Cries cuckoo, clear; and like Lot's wife,     I look, though it should cost my life.     When I can hear that charmed one's voice,      I taste of immortality;     My joy's so great that on my heart      Doth lie eternity,     As light as any little flower,      So strong a wonder works in me;     Cuckoo! he cries, and fills my soul     With all that's rich and beautiful.

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