 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...The cuckoo then, vn every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! II. When...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and datos, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...cuckoo,— -0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! III. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...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,...Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo,—0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! II. JVhen shepherds pipe on oaten straws y... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
...SONG. Spring.67 When daisies pied, and videts blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo. — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! ii. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 318 pages
...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,...married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear .' II. When shepherds pipe on oaten strawt, And merry... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...Labour Lost."] WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds, of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...men, for thus sings he : Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...^Spring. 'ing. When daisies pled, and violets blue, And lady-smacks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...it : " Albaque cardamine," &c. MALONE. Crocus buds is a phrase unknown to naturalists and gardeners. The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmeris clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...--—0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! III. WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall5, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail 6, And Tom bears... | |
 | 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...men, for thus sings he — Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry... | |
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When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo... 
