 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...  Notes and Queries - Sida 4321863Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Aikin - 1819 - 186 sidor
...about spring, in which ladysmock is mentioned :— When 'daisies pied, and violets bkie, And kdysiaocks all silver white ; And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight. T. They are Shakespear's. You he gives the name of cuekoo*b»d some other flower, a yellow one, •which... | |
 | 1819 - 426 sidor
...notices the lady-smock, and the ' cuckoo bud of yellow hue,' which is probably the crowfoot or buttercup. When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight. are found on the bushes, palings, and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 sidor
...proportion. We all know the song, containing that fine line, fresh from the most brilliant of pallets : — When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white' And ciickoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with -delight. We owe a long debt of gratitude to... | |
 | John Aikin - 1823 - 162 sidor
...spring. G. I remember some pretty lines in a song about spring, in which ladysmock is mentioned :— When daisies pied, and violets blue, And ladysmocks...of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight. T. They are Shakspeare's. You see he gives the name of cuckoo-bud to some other flower, a yellow one,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 sidor
...distinguishes his Cuckoobud from this flower : " 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." " So have I seen a ladie-smock soe white, Blown in the mornynge, and mowd down at night." CHATTERTOJT'S... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 436 sidor
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Soring. Whm daisies f ted, and violets blue. And lady-smocks all silver^ohtle, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus singi he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo,— O word... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 344 sidor
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. When daisies pied, and vioiets 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 ; [5] Gerard, in his Herbal,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1824 - 312 sidor
...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...yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then on every tree — " " Cuckoo ! cuckoo !" cried Lizzy, breaking in with her clear childish... | |
 | 1824 - 452 sidor
...that universal springing of the vegetable tribes, whence the season derives its appellation." " Now daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white. And cuckoo-buds of yellow bue, Do paint the meadows with delight. The cuckoo now on every tree Sings cuckoo, cuckoo." " Early... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 352 sidor
...Ver, begin. SONG. Spring. \Vhen 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... | |
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