[
  {
    "title": "The Cuckoo",
    "author": "Edward Thomas",
    "lines": [
      "THAT'S the cuckoo, you say. I cannot hear it.",
      "When last I heard it I cannot recall; but I know",
      "Too well the year when first I failed to hear it--",
      "It was drowned by my man groaning out to his",
      "    sheep \"Ho! Ho!\"",
      "",
      "Ten times with an angry voice he shouted",
      "\"Ho! Ho!\" but not in anger, for that was his",
      "    way.",
      "He died that Summer, and that is how I remember",
      "The cuckoo calling, the children listening, and me",
      "    saying, \"Nay.\"",
      "",
      "And now, as you said, \"There it is,\" I was hearing",
      "Not the cuckoo at all, but my man's \"Ho! Ho!\"",
      "    instead.",
      "And I think that even if I could lose my deafness",
      "The cuckoo's note would be drowned by the voice",
      "    of my dead."
    ],
    "linecount": "17"
  }
]