A Book of old English love songs . Spring When daisies pied and violets blueAnd lady-smocks all silver-whiteAnd cuckoo-buds of yellow hueDo paint the meadows with delight,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! When shepherds pipe on oaten strawsAnd merry larks are ploughmens clocks,When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws[39] Spring 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 ma
A Book of old English love songs . Spring When daisies pied and violets blueAnd lady-smocks all silver-whiteAnd cuckoo-buds of yellow hueDo paint the meadows with delight,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! When shepherds pipe on oaten strawsAnd merry larks are ploughmens clocks,When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws[39] Spring 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! — William Shakespeare.
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