My Life's example

Stand with eyes fixed, the cuckoo calls-

Let all the world go blind!

Should any search be made at all,

Let it be for the Wind!

At Birdland Corner, where I live,

And daffodils appear-

The hero of my life and dreams

Cries 'Cuckoo' every year.

He is my life's example, and

His spirit fills my place;

That I, like him, would be a voice,

And never show my face.

And let my notes be cries of joy,

Too simple to despise;

That children from their cradles love,

And hearts grown old and wise.