 | William Shakespeare - 2007 - 297 páginas
...cheeks possess the same Which native she doth owe. Act I. Sc.ll. SPRING I When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! H When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry lacks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 páginas
...SHAKSPEARE. WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight:...cuckoo ! 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,... | |
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When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are 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... 
