WHEN daisies pied and violets blue, <br /> And lady-smocks all silver-white, <br />And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue <br /> Do paint the meadows with delight, <br />The cuckoo then, on every tree, <br />Mocks married men; for thus sings he, <br /> Cuckoo! <br />Cuckoo, cuckoo!--O word of fear, <br />Unpleasing to a married ear! <br /> <br />When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, <br /> And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, <br />When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, <br /> And maidens bleach their summer smocks <br />The cuckoo then, on every tree, <br />Mocks married men; for thus sings he, <br /> Cuckoo! <br />Cuckoo, cuckoo!--O word of fear, <br />Unpleasing to a married ear!<br /><br />William Shakespeare<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/spring-and-winter-i/
