 Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ! Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu, Sing cuccu ! " Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth, Murie sing cuccu ! "Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu, Ne...  A History of English Literature - Page 61by Robert Huntington Fletcher - 1919 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James George Barlace - England - 1819 - 408 pages
...is the latter part of the reign of Henry the Third, it is as follows : — Svmer is icumen in, Lhudl sing cuccu, Groweth sed and bloweth med And springth...Bulluc sterteth, Bucke verteth. Murie sing cuccu, Cuccu, cuccu Wel sings thu cuccu Ne swik thu naver nu. Church music also was cultivated at this period,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 378 pages
...published is in praise of the Cuckoo— it is very natural and very curious and very authentic :— Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu ; Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springeth the wode nu ; Awe bleteth after lamb, Lows after calue cu, Bulluc stertes, bucke vertes,... | |
 | Edgar Taylor - English poetry - 1825 - 372 pages
...Minnesingers. We could almost fancy one of those minstrels, singing in nearly the same words and measure: Sumer is i-cumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed. And bloweth med, And springeth the wde nu: Sing cuccu ! cuccu ! Awe bleteth after lamb, Lhouth after calve cu; Bulluc sterteth,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...with thee ! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the spring. Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu: Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springeth the wode nu; Awe bleteth after lamb, Lows after calue cu, Bulluc stertes, bucke vertes, Murie... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...of the old illuminated parchment : Sumer is icumeo ln. I.hudo sine num. Grnweth sed and bloweth roed And springth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after lomb. Lhouth after caluc cu. Bulluc sterteth. bncke uertcth Miirie sing cuccu. Cuccu cuccu. Wei singes thu cuccu Ne swik... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...mention of the cuckoo, whose song, or rather cry, becomes far from merry towards the Midsummer months. Sumer is icumen in ; Lhude sing cuccu; Groweth sed and bloweth med, And springeth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after lomb ; Lhouth after calve cu ; Merrie sing cuccu,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...printed, but are here correctly transcribed from the Harleian MS. in the British Museum, No. 918. Sinner is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu Groweth sed, And bloweth...lomb Lhouth after calve cu Bulluc sterteth, Bucke uerteth, Murie sing cuccu. Cuccu, cuccu. Well singes thu cuccu Ne swik nauer nu. Sing cuccu nu ; sing... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 524 pages
...the British Museum, No. 978. Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu : Groweth sod, And bloweth raed, And springth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after...lomb Lhouth after calve cu : Bulluc sterteth, Bucke uerteth. Mûrie sing cuccu. Cuccu, cuccu. Well singes thu cuccu Ne swik nauer nu. Sing cuccu nu ; sing... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...song, written about the same period, and is the earliest in which the notes are found attached : — " Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed,...lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth, Bucke uerteth, Murie sing cuccu, Cuccu, cuccn. Well singes thee cuccu, Ne swik nauer nu. Sing cuccu nu ;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 356 pages
...earliest in which the notes are found attached : — " Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu; Groweth Bed, And bloweth med, And springth the wde nu; Sing cuccu....lomb, Lhouth after calve cu; Bulluc sterteth, Bucke uerteth, Murie sing cuccu, Cuccu, cuccu. Well singes thee cuccu, Ne swik nauer nu. Sing cuccu nu; sing... | |
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