 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...of Spring's song (one of the paired songs that ends Love's Labour's Lost, V.ii.90421). The refrain: "The cuckoo then, on every tree, / Mocks married men;...he, / Cuckoo; / Cuckoo, cuckoo: / O word of fear, / Unpleasing to a married ear!" "Cuckoo" equals, of course, "cuckold." 9.1026 (212:38). reverbed -... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 276 pages
...Cuckoo, cuckoo!' 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he: 'Cuckoo ! 890 Cuckoo, cuckoo !' 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. WINTER (sings) When icicles hang... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...he. Cuckoo, cuckoo! O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, GE (1540-1594) Of Money 1 Give money me, take friendship...For friends are gone come once adversity. When mone (V, ii) BoTP; EIL; FF; FiP; HAP; HelP; InPK; NAEL-1; NBLV; NIP; NOBE; NoP; OAEL-1; OBEV; OBSC; PBBP;... | |
 | Laura Erickson - Nature - 410 pages
...robin is here. Its song, a two-noted "cuckoo" exactly like the clock, inspired Shakespeare to write, "The cuckoo, then, on every tree,/ Mocks married men;...sings he, Cuckoo/ Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear,/ Unpleasing to a married ear." He also wrote, "He was but as the cuckoo is in June,/ Heard, not regarded."... | |
 | 229 pages
...Cuckoo, cuckoo" — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks; When turtles...sings he, "Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo" — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And... | |
 | S. K. Heninger - Poetry - 1994 - 228 pages
...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 of tear, Un pleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: О word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws n О word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd... | |
 | Mark Akenside - History - 1996 - 616 pages
...nightingale's: see gloss to Pleasures 3.473 (p. 461 above). 19-21: cf. Loves Labours Lost 5.2.898-902: "The cuckoo then on every tree / Mocks married men;...he, 'Cuckoo; / Cuckoo cuckoo' — O word of fear, / Unpleasing to a married ear! " ODE IV: TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES TOWNSHEND IN THE COUNTRY. MDCCL... | |
 | Delbert D. Thiessen - Social Science - 170 pages
...their father's property as his natural heirs. Friedrich Engels German socialist The cuckoo then in every tree; mocks married men; for thus sings he, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo; O word of fear; unpleasing to a married ear. William Shakespeare English playwright "Supposing that we should have... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Fiction - 1999 - 406 pages
...And lady-smockes 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...sings he, "Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo" — O word of fear, Unpleasing for married ear!... Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his... | |
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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: O... 
