...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, for...! — 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...

...WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue The cuckoo then on every tree Mocks married men, for...! — 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...

...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 ! SHAKSPEARE. WINTER. "H Song. WHEN icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,...

...married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo,—O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who; Tu-whit, to-who, a merry note^ While greasy Joan...

...usually passed in merriment : of which the following song reminds us : — Winter, from Shakespeare. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd...the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail; When bloort is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu whit tu whoo, a merry merry...

...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,...

...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, Cel. Was't you, that did so oft contrive to kill...shame To tell you what I was, since my conversion in. Winter. When icicles hang by the vail, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs...

...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, Tlie cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for...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...

...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 ! Orl. For these two hours, Rosalind, I will leave thee. Roi. Alas, dear love, I cannot lack thee two...

...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,...