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... Shakspere's works [from the text of N. Delius]. - Page 234by William Shakespeare - 1882Full view - About this book
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...Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daifies pied, and violets blue, And lady-fmocks all Jilver-iubite , And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows...cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus fings be. Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear ', Unpleafmg to a married ear .' II. When Jhepherds... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
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| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 pages
...SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds'1 of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,... | |
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| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 pages
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| 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... | |
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| 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... | |
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