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...men, for thus sings lie, Cuckoo, cuckoo,—O word of 'fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! Cuckoo ; And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, II. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo, then,...

...especial favourite ; and Shakespeare would have it furnish some indication of the time of day : — " When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks." Song — Loves Labour s Lost. Again — " O happy fair ! Your eyes are lode-stars, and your tongue's...

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...their pride ? SHAKSPEARE. Let me be no assistant for a state, But keep a farm, and carters. SHAKSPEARE. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks. SHAKSPEARE. The folds stand empty in the drowned field, And crows are fatted with the murrain flock;...

...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...And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles pair, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree,...

...paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree. Mocks married men, for thus sings he. . (Fr. XXIV, 1. 497-500) 82 I (V, ii) BoTP; EIL; FF; FiP; HAP; HelP; InPK; NAEL-1; NBLV; NIP; NOBE; NoP; OAEL-1; OBEV; OBSC; PBBP;...