...Ver, the spring; the one maintain'd by the owl, the 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...

...Hel. 3 " Alas my hand hath." Eng. Hel. * These Spring. A Song, [At the end of " Love's Labour Lost."] WHEN daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks...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 ! —...

...spirit, And I shall find you empty ofthat fault, Right joyful of your reformation. Spring. A Song. When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver white, And cuckow buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight: The cuckow, then, on every tree, Mocks...

...because its flowering is about the same time with the first appearance of that bird in the spring. G. I remember some pretty lines in a song about spring,...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....

...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...

...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...

...because its flowering is about the same time with the first appearance of that bird in the spring. G. I remember some pretty lines in a song about spring,...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,...

...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...

...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...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...

...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...