SPRING, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing: Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! The palm and may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk and play,... The Technical World Magazine - Page 1911912Full view - About this book
| 1866 - 492 pages
...curiousness of honour, Or modesty of a maid." — Ibid., I., 4. I. 3. Participles as substantives : — " The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit; In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo,... | |
| 1869 - 444 pages
...shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo 1 The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo... | |
| 1868 - 588 pages
...shepherds pipe all dsy, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo l "The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,...jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo ! Spring ! the sweet spring ! " Some one having said in Samuel Johnson's presence that beauty consisted in utility, he pointed... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 156 pages
...shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu we, to witta woo. The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,...street these tunes our ears do greet, — Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu we, to witta woo. Spring, the sweet Spring ! THOMAS NASH, about 1600. THE NIGHTS. OH,... | |
| James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu we, to witta woo. The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunniug sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, — Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu wo, to witta... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...thing, then maidsdancein a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing, Cuckoo, jug-jug, jiu-wc, nd cumberous pomp repose, And every want to luxury allied, a sunning sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo... | |
| 1871 - 378 pages
...to-witta-woo ! The palm and the may make country houses gay, Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all daj And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo,...daisies kiss our feet, Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo.... | |
| 1872 - 900 pages
...make country houses gay, Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds iune — and gazed — but little thought What wealth the...when on my couch I lie, In vacant or in pensive mo a sunning sit, In ever)' street these tunes our ears do greet,' Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...Translation of THOMAS MOORE. SPRING, THE SWEET SPRING. SPRING, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant - = - = - a sunning sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...shepherds pipe all day, And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay, Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu we, to witta woo. runes; and, by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of hot meat since. Why do your a sunning sit, In every street these tunes our ears do greet, Cuckoo, jug, jug, pu we, to witta woo.... | |
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