 | George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 506 pages
...cuckoo. Ver, begin. SONG. SPRING. When daisies pied3, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight, ' When daisies pied, &c.] The first lines of this song that were transposed, have been replaced by Mr. Theobald.... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent - 1823 - 498 pages
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1823 - 162 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...: Summer Song. When Daisies pied and Violet blue, And Lady Smocks of silver white, And Cuckoo Buds of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows with delight ; When Shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry Larks are Ploughmen's clocks; When Turtles coo, and Rooks and Daws, And Maidens bleach their... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1824 - 312 pages
...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 pages
...so much larger." PATERNAL ERROR. CARDAMINE. CUCKOO-FLOWER, OR LADY'S SMOCK. Nasturtium Pratensis. " When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady's smocks...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 pages
...occasion, let her never nurse her child herself, for she will breed it like a fool I SONG. — ROSALIND. When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady's smocks...yellow hue, • Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings heCuckoo — Cuckoo, cuckoo— O,... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 398 pages
...LADY'S SMOCK. Natural Order Siliqitosee, or Cruciferce. A Genus of the Tdradynamia Siliqiiosa Class. When Daisies pied, and Violets blue, And Lady's Smocks...all silver white, And Cuckoo-buds of yellow hue, Do paiut the meadows with delight. SHAKSPEARE. THAT our great dramatic poet should thus describe one of... | |
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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... 
