 When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...  Notes and Queries - Page 4321863Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 882 pages
...Ver, the spring; the one maiutain'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Vcr, begin. SONG. I. Spring. at, and smell somewhat strong of her strong displeasure. Clo. Truly, fortu cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...CUCKOO-FLOWER, OR LADY'S SMOCK. Nasturtium Pratensis. " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady's smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight." Shakspeare. This flower being one which formed the crown of King Lear, after he had disposed of his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...Ver, begin. * SONG. I. Spring. Whtn dailies pied, md violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-while, some marks of love in her, Enter BEATRICE. /;.-.''. Against my will, cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he. Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cHcioo,— O word... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1825 - 312 pages
...vernal flowers : Shakspeare's Song of Spring bursts irrepressibly from our lips as we step on them: " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-bads of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The euckoo then on every tree—" " Cuckoo!... | |
 | English drama - 1826 - 408 pages
...will breed it like a fool I SONG. — ROSALIND. When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady's smocks all silver white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, • Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings heCuckoo — Cuckoo, cuckoo— O, word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 482 pages
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word... | |
 | George Johnston - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1829 - 636 pages
...supposed to be the origin of the name We have adopted, as being more classical. Thus SHAKSPEARE, " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And Lady-smocks...of yellow hue. Do paint the meadows with delight." 3. C. amum, stem creeping at the base ; leaves pinnate, without stipulas, leaflets of the lowermost... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, far thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — О word... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Botany - 1829 - 398 pages
...sunne, for there it woll unclose. Shakspeare celebrates this flower in his favourite song to Spring. When Daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight. Love's Labour's Lost. The lines of Montgomery,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pages
...Ver, the spring ; the one maintained by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word... | |
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