 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
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1856 - 772 pages
...in the well known song, — 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pages
...the anonymous author for the idea. WHEN DAISIES PIED. WILLIAM SIIAKSPEAKE. The music by Dr. AEITE. 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 '. Oh, word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 626 pages
...SPRING. When daisies pied, and riolets blue, And lady-smocks all silver- white, ACT V. ACT V. SCENE II. 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 ; — 0 word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 374 pages
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. I. 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, Mocka married men, for thus sings H" .• •* Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cnckoo,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...the spring : the one maintained by the owl, the other by tbe cuckoo. Ver, begin. THE SONG. i. SPRING. witching loud, Puts the wretch, that lies in woe,...the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cu koo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 836 pages
...the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. THE SONG. i. SPRING. When daisies pied* and violet* blue, A nd 2 cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, ciickoo, — 0 word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 740 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... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1873 - 372 pages
...had especially inspired his genius, for no poet has approached him in singing of the time when " The daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all...yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight." The sweet little birds of our island are not forgotten by him — " The ousel-cock so black of hue With... | |
 | Linda Bamber - Drama - 1982 - 223 pages
...Love's Labour's Lost, "The Owl and the Cuckoo." Here the threat of cuckoldry spoils the perfect spring: When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks...yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, The Comic Heroine 1 1 1 Mocks married men; for thus sings he, "Cuckoo!... | |
 | Linda Bamber - Drama - 1982 - 223 pages
...Love's Labour's Lost, "The Owl and the Cuckoo." Here the threat of cuckoldry spoils the perfect spring: When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Mocks married men; for thus sings he, "Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo!" O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married... | |
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