My Life's Example

My Life's Example written by William Henry Davies

From "Ambition", 1929

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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.

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