...men, for thus sings he; Cuckoo, Cue/coo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear ! Unpleasing to a married ear. п. of death ! — Where is the number of our English dead ? [Herald presents on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he ¡ Cückoo, Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear...

...men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! a When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing...

...II. Q LOVE'S r. SONG. Spring. When dailies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks alt siher-ichitc, 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! 11. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry...

...were; And deny himself for Jove, Turning mortal for thy love. SPEINO- AND WINTEE. I TT^HEN daisies pied, and violets blue, * * And lady-smocks all silver-white,...sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, TJnpleasing to a married ear ! 2 When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's...

...spring; the one maintained by the owl, the other oy the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies h ear.1 II. When shepherds pipe on oaten strau-f, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...

...will deny the truth of this ? Then again he marks its arrival in the well known song, — When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white,...Cuckoo, cuckoo ; — O word of fear, Unpleasing to the married ear ! Lore's Labour Lost, Act v., last scene. The meaning of the latter portion is still...

...SPRING. When dnisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds^ w) of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing...

...SONG. SPRING. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds(m) of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight,...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear 1 When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,...

...daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue,49 Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then,...— O word of fear ! Unpleasing to a married ear. n. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks; When turtles tread,...

...thus sings H" .• •* Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cnckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! a. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he : — Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear,...