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,... Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed ... - Page 521826Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 1058 pages
...Fear, Vnf leafing to a Married Ear. When Shepherds Pipe on Oaten Straws, And merry Larks are Ploughmens Clocks: When Turtles tread, and Rooks and Daws, And Maidens bleach their Summer Smocks } The Cuckow then on every Tree Mocks Married Men ; for thus Jings he, Cuckow. Cuckow, Cuckow : O Word of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1747 - 502 pages
...tim-'. The epithet is proper, and the compound not inelegant. When Jhepherds pipe on oaten Jlraws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks : When turtles...tread, and rooks and daws ; And maidens bleach their fummer fmocks $ fbe cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men ; for tbusfings he, Cuckow ! Cuckow!... | |
| George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...Cuckow ! cuckow ! O word of fear, Unpleafing to a married ear. When fhepherds pipe on oaten ftraws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their fummer fmocks; The cuckow then on every tree Mocks married men, for thus fings he ; Cuckow! Cuckow!... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1797 - 644 pages
...cuckoo, 0 word of fear ', Unpleafmg to a married ear .' II. When Jhepherds pipe on oaten /I raws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their fummer /mocks , The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus Jing s he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1800 - 436 pages
...cuckoo, 0 ivord of fear, Vnpleajing to a married ear ! II. When fiepberds pipe on oaten jlraius, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles...tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their fummer fmocks, The cuckco then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for tbusjings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo,... | |
| 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.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 556 pages
...men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks...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 - 1805 - 456 pages
...cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo,O aford of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear.' When shepherds...Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo,O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! Winter. When icicles hang by the And Dick... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 518 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...men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, -0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! III. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick... | |
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