Sunday 7 May 2006

cuckoo flower


and mum and her favourite rare double cuckoo flower, or may flower or lady's smock. May is accumen. Posted by Picasa

6 comments:

  1. Summer is acumen in. Loude sing cuckoo Groweth seed and bloweth mead And spring the woods anew Sing cuckoo Ewe now

    yes my spelling is not always SPOT on, mainly because the keyboard is too small for my paws. Huhh.

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  2. ah:
    Loude sing cuckoo
    Groweth seed and bloweth mead
    And spring the woods anew
    Sing cuckoo
    Ewe now bleateth after lamb low
    After calf the cow
    Bullock starteth, buck now verteth
    Merry sing cuckoo
    Cuckoo, cuckoo
    Well sing'st thou cuckoo
    Now cease than never now

    beautiful; would sit well with the cuckoo picture?

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  3. or even better:

    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!
    - William Shakespeare, Love's Labor's Lost
    (Spring at V, ii)

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  4. It is amazing how sensitive Shakespeare was to the flora around him, he was a brilliant naturalist.

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  5. and by the way, thank you for the link

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  6. Your very welcome, thank you for your wonderful pictures and sharing your knowledge.

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