| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...end of " Love's Labour Lost."] WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds, of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows...maidens bleach their summer smocks; The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he ; Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...by the cuckoo Ver, begin. SONG. ^Spring. 'ing. When daisies pled, and violets blue, And lady-smacks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue,...tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, * Cuckoo f [5] Gerard, in his Herbal. *$97> says, th'it the fii.s cuctili carddminj, &care call-d " in English... | |
| Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...delight ; The cuckow, then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, — Cuckow, cuckow ; — O word of fear ! Unpleasing to a married ear. When...tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer-smocks, The cuckow then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, — Cuckow, cuckow... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 500 pages
...men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...SPRING. •a 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...maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he — Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear,... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...SPRING. . 'a 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...maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he — Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear,... | |
| Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for...maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he — Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 344 pages
...mainlaiu'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and vioiets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds*...tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; [5] Gerard, in his Herbal, 1597, savs, that the fla, cteculi cardtuninc, *c. are tzlled " in English... | |
| William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 436 pages
...men, for thus singi he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo,— O word of fear, Unf leasing to a married ear! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo,— O word of fear, Unpteasing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 474 pages
...men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing... | |
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