"WHEN DAISIES PIED" WHEN daisies pied and violets blue Do paint the meadows with delight, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, When shepherds pipe on oaten straws And merry larks are 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; for thus sings he, Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And milk comes frozen home in pail, Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw' And birds sit brooding in the snow Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. William Shakespeare "WHO IS SILVIA?" WHO is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, William Shakespeare "YOU SPOTTED SNAKES" YOU spotted snakes with double tongue, Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence, you long-legg'd spinners, hence! Beetles black, approach not near; Worm nor snail, do no offence. Philomel, with melody, Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby: Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby. William Shakespeare "OVER HILL, OVER DALE" OVER hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Thorough flood, thorough fire, William Shakespeare |