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 Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Page 125by William Shakespeare - 1907Full view - About this book
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...delight, The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he ; Cuckow ! Cuckow ! cuckow ! O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. When...daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks; The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he ; Cuckow ! Cuckow ! cuckow ! O word... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 424 pages
...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 larks...cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thvs sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! III. Winter.... | |
| George Ellis - 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 - 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,...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 - 1805 - 452 pages
...cuckoo,—0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! II. JVhen shepherds pipe on oaten straws y And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; The cuckoo then, on every tree, Cuckoo, cuckoo,—0 word... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 414 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,...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
...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,...sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of fear, III. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, Aml Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bean logs... | |
| John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 pages
...delight,The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he — Cuckow ! Cuckow ! cuckow ! O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. > When...daws, . And maidens bleach their summer smocks ; The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus sings he ; Cuckow ! Cuckow, cuqkow, O word of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 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 - 1810 - 418 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,...sings he, Cuckoo ,Cuckoo, cuckoo,— O word of fear, Unp leasing to a married ear ! III. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall,* And Dick the shepherd blows... | |
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