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... The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Page 402by William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, vn every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he,...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 - 1803 - 424 pages
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and vioiets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows...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 - 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,...a married ear .' II. When shepherds pipe on oaten strawt, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...Hel. 3 " Alas my hand hath." Eng. Hel. * These Spring. A Song, [At the end of " Love's Labour Lost."] WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread and... | |
| New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 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...! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread and... | |
| 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...! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread and... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1824 - 312 pages
...vernal flowers : Shakspeare's Song of Spring bursts irrepressibly from our lips as we step on them : " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...meadows with delight, The cuckoo then on every tree — " " Cuckoo ! cuckoo !" cried Lizzy, breaking in with her clear childish voice ; and immediately,... | |
| English drama - 1826 - 514 pages
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| George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 512 pages
...MRS. FORD. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And ladies' frocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo— O word of fear. Unpleasant to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...that makes it. SONG. Spring. 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, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks... | |
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