 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...  English Poetry - Page 2641910 - 1508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 644 pages
...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
...maintain'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...married 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...winter; this Ver, the spring; the one maintained by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, vn every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 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, for...! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! Winter. A song. [At the end of " Love's Labour lost."] WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 452 pages
...winter; this Ver, the spring; the one maintain'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...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
...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,...married 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... | |
 | 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...cuckoo. — O 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,... | |
 | 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,...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear .' II. When shepherds pipe on oaten strawt, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread1 and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for...! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! V WINTER. A SONO. AT THE END OP LOVl's LABOUR'* LOST. WHEN icicles hang by the wall. And Dick the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 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, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! HI. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs... | |
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