John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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NUMBER: | 586 |
AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (15641616) |
QUOTATION: | 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. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Loves Labour s Lost. Act v. Sc. 2. [text] |
WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
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