...married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo, — 0 word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who; Tu-whit, to-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan...

...howling wind of a bleak winter's niglu, and the hoarse screeching and mystic hooting of the ominous owl.* WINTER. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the...And milk comes frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whp ; Tn-whit tu-who, a merry note,...

...night, and the hoarse screeching and mystic hooting of the ominous owl.* WINTER. When icicles hanj by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,...And milk comes frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipt, and ways be foul. Then nightly sings the staring owl, 5Tu-who ; Tu-whit tu-who, a merry note....

...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into...

...Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. WINTER, A SONG. WHF.S icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows...And milk comes frozen home in pail ; When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whoo ! . Tu-whit ! tu-whoo ! a merry...

...Shalupeare . Rather at Nilus* mud Lay me stark naked, aud let the water-flies Blow me into abhorring. Id. When icicles hang by the wall. And Dick the shepherd...into the hall. And milk comes frozen home in pail. Id. A plague of sighing and grief ! it blows a man up like a bladder. Id. Your breath first kindled...

...ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail, ' cuckoo-buds — ] ie Cowslip-buds, from the French herbe cocu. — When blood is nipp'd, and ways...

...And lady-smocks all silver whitt, And cuckoo-buds* of yellow hue, Do paint the meadows n/t/i delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men,...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear! ii. When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,...

...word of fear, Unpteasing to a married ear I III. Winter. When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick Me shepherd blows his nail. And Tom bears logs into the...frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, To-who; Tu-whit, to-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan...

...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,...cuckoo, — O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherd's pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread,...