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...! When shepherds pii>c on oafen straws, And merry lark) are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread1 and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer...! — 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...

...sings he — Cuckow ! Cuckow ! cuckow ! O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear. > When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's...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...

...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 "...

...sings he : Cuckoo ! Cuckoo ! cuckoo ! — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's...! — 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...

...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,...thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word of/ear* Unpleasing to a married ear! II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws. And merry larks are ploughmen...

...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...

...thus sings he, — Cuckow, cuckow ; — O word of fear ! Unpleasing to a married ear. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And. merry larks are ploughmen's...tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer-smocks, The cuckow then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, — Cuckow, cuckow...

...Cuckoo, cuckoo,—O leurd of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! n. When shepherds pipe on oaten straw*, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and dams, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for...