helenasbertram:When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds o

helenasbertram:

When daisies pied and violets blue
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; for thus sings he,
Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear!