...Ver, the spring; the one maiutain'd by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Vcr, begin. SONG. I. Spring. at, and smell somewhat strong of her strong displeasure. Clo. Truly, fortu cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks...

...CUCKOO-FLOWER, OR LADY'S SMOCK. Nasturtium Pratensis. " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady's smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight." Shakspeare. This flower being one which formed the crown of King Lear, after he had disposed of his...

...Ver, begin. * SONG. I. Spring. Whtn dailies pied, md violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-while, some marks of love in her, Enter BEATRICE. /;.-.''. Against my will, cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he. Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cHcioo,— O word...

...vernal flowers : Shakspeare's Song of Spring bursts irrepressibly from our lips as we step on them: " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-bads of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The euckoo then on every tree—" " Cuckoo!...

...will breed it like a fool I SONG. — ROSALIND. When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady's 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 thus sings heCuckoo — Cuckoo, cuckoo— O, word...

...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, 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 thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word...

...supposed to be the origin of the name We have adopted, as being more classical. Thus SHAKSPEARE, " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And Lady-smocks...of yellow hue. Do paint the meadows with delight." 3. C. amum, stem creeping at the base ; leaves pinnate, without stipulas, leaflets of the lowermost...

...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, 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, far thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — О word...

...sunne, for there it woll unclose. Shakspeare celebrates this flower in his favourite song to Spring. When Daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight. Love's Labour's Lost. The lines of Montgomery,...

...Ver, the spring ; the one maintained by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — O word...