...daisies fled, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all stiver-white, fc Aid cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, The cuckoo then, on every tree, \'. Mocks married men, for thus sings he,—* Do paint the meadows with delight ± Jd Cuckoo,— a Cuckoo, cuckoo,—0 word of fear, Unpleasing to...

...lady-smocks all si l-oer-white, And cuckoo-buds s of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows 'Kith delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings Ac, Cuckoo ; [5! Gerard in his Herbal .597. s.-,s, th r ihej!:i cuculi cardnnini, &c. are called "...

...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 ! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! Winter. A Song. [At the end of"...

...delight, 1 cuckoo-buds — ] Cuckoo-buds must be wrong. I believe cov.s'ip-buds, the true reading. FARMEB. The cuckoo then, on every tree. Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of/ear* Unpleasing to a married ear! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws....

...And lady-smacks 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 thus sings he, * Cuckoo f [5] Gerard, in his Herbal. *$97> says, th'it the fii.s cuctili carddminj, &care call-d " in English...

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...plougfimn'i clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, an<¡ daws, And meUens bleach their nmmtr smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings br, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — О word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! III. Winter. When icicles...

...Albaque cardamine," &c'. MALONE. Crocus buds is a phrase unknown to naturalists and gardeners. STEEVENS. The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten...

...LABOUR'S LOST. Act V. 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,— О word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! III. Winter. When icicles hang...

...ploughmeris 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, t- Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! III. WINTEB. When icicles...