| 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 - 452 pages
...maintain'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds*...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 - 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 - 1806 - 414 pages
...maintain'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring.67 When daisies pied, and videts blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds...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
...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...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
...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... | |
| 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 344 pages
...MOTH, COSTARD, and others. This side is Hiems, winter ; this Ver, ihe spring ,• the one mainlaiu'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG....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... | |
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