Jewels of Song: An Anthology of Short Poems |
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Page 52
... cuckoo . ' Cuckoo , ' cries he ; ' Jug , jug , jug , ' sings she ; From bush to bush , from tree to tree : Why in one place then tarry we ? Come away ! why do we stay ? We have no debt or rent to pay ; No bargains or accounts to make ...
... cuckoo . ' Cuckoo , ' cries he ; ' Jug , jug , jug , ' sings she ; From bush to bush , from tree to tree : Why in one place then tarry we ? Come away ! why do we stay ? We have no debt or rent to pay ; No bargains or accounts to make ...
Page 158
... Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! - The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay - Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta ...
... Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta - woo ! - The palm and may make country houses gay , Lambs frisk and play , the shepherds pipe all day , And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay - Cuckoo , jug - jug , pu - we , to - witta ...
Page 186
... Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo : O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks , When turtles tread , and rooks , and daws , And maidens bleach their summer smocks . The ...
... Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo : O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks , When turtles tread , and rooks , and daws , And maidens bleach their summer smocks . The ...
Common terms and phrases
Ae Fond Kiss Alice Meynell Anonymous Art thou auld lang syne author and Messrs awake beauteous beauty beauty's birds breath bright Cherry Ripe cuccu Cuckoo Daffodils dance dear death delight ding doth dream earth eyes F. W. Bourdillon fair fear flowers grace green grief hame hand Hark hast hear heaven heigh Hey nonny John John Lyly kind permission king kiss lady lark light live look Lord Love's lover Lyonnesse Maid merry Mistress Moon morn ne'er never night o'er pain pale pretty Richard Robert Herrick rose shepherd shine sigh Sing lullaby sleep slumber Song Sonnet sorrow soul spring stars sweet content sweetest sweetly tears tell thine things Thomas Campion Thomas Carew thou art thoughts tree unto W. H. DAVIES wander waters weep William Blake William Shakespeare William Wordsworth wind wings youth is pleasure