 | George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pàgines
...A Song, [At the end of " Love's Labour Lost."] 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 ! —... | |
 | John Aikin - 1819 - 186 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1823 - 162 pàgines
...about spring, in which ladysmock is mentioned :— When daisies pied, and violets blue, And ladysmocks all silver white ; And cuckoo-buds 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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1824 - 312 pàgines
...irrepressibly from our lips as we step on them : " 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 — " " Cuckoo ! cuckoo !" cried Lizzy, breaking in with her clear childish... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1825 - 414 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1826 - 408 pàgines
...she 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,... | |
 | George Johnston - 1829 - 636 pàgines
...adopted, as being more classical. Thus 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." 3. C. amum, stem creeping at the base ; leaves pinnate, without stipulas, leaflets of the lowermost... | |
 | 1830 - 188 pàgines
...March winds are boisterous vehement to a proverb. APRIL. Now daisies pied, and violets blue* And ladies smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight: The cuckoo now on every tree Sings cuckoo—cuckoo. The distinguishing characteristic of the -weather... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 444 pàgines
...other by the 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, —... | |
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When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight... 
