Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan AgeArthur Henry Bullen |
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... cuckoos sing , Cuckoo to welcome in the spring ! Cuckoo to welcome in the spring ! Harmony written or pricked down in opposition to plain- song , where the descant rested with the will of the singer . " - Chappell . ( The nightingale's ...
... cuckoos sing , Cuckoo to welcome in the spring ! Cuckoo to welcome in the spring ! Harmony written or pricked down in opposition to plain- song , where the descant rested with the will of the singer . " - Chappell . ( The nightingale's ...
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... 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 woo . The ...
... 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 woo . The ...
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... 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 , -O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on ...
... 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 , -O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When shepherds pipe on ...
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... cuckoo then , on every tree , Mocks married men , for thus sings he , Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo , -O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When icicles hang by the wall , And Dick the shepherd blows his nail , And Tom bears logs ...
... cuckoo then , on every tree , Mocks married men , for thus sings he , Cuckoo ; Cuckoo , cuckoo , -O word of fear , Unpleasing to a married ear ! When icicles hang by the wall , And Dick the shepherd blows his nail , And Tom bears logs ...
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... sparrow , and the lark , The plain - song1 cuckoo gray , Whose note full many a man doth mark , And dares not answer nay . 1 See note 1 , p . 6 . NOW THE HUNGRY LION ROARS . NOW the hungry lion 38 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
... sparrow , and the lark , The plain - song1 cuckoo gray , Whose note full many a man doth mark , And dares not answer nay . 1 See note 1 , p . 6 . NOW THE HUNGRY LION ROARS . NOW the hungry lion 38 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE .
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Anthony Munday arms arrows beauty bel ami Ben Jonson birds bless bliss bright chaste cheeks Chorus Cuckoo Cupid dance dead death delight dong doth drink eyes face fair fairy fancy fear fire flowers fool Gipsy golden golden slumbers grace green grief Hark haste hath heart heaven Hecate Heigh honour Hymen JAMES SHIRLEY'S John Fletcher Jonson king kiss lady lass Love's lovers Luminalia lusty Lyly's lyrical maid Maid's Metamorphosis Masque merrily merry mistress N'oserez Nathaniel Field never Nice Valour night nymph Phillis Phoebe pity play pleasure poem pretty queen Robert Greene Robin Hood rose Shakespeare shepherd shine sigh sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spring stay swain sweet tears thee Thetis thing THOMAS Thomas Lodge thou art tree unto Venus virgins vowed wanton weep Whilst wind wings Witch youth