 Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ! Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu, Sing cuccu ! " Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth, Murie sing cuccu ! "Cuccu, cuccu, well singes thu, cuccu, Ne...  Lays of the Minnesingers Or German Troubadours of the Twelfth and Thirteenth ... - Page 135edited by - 1825 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 378 pages
...published is in praise of the Cuckoo— it is very natural and very curious and very authentic :— Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu ; Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springeth the wode nu ; Awe bleteth after lamb, Lows after calue cu, Bulluc stertes, bucke vertes, Murie sing Cuccu.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...with thee ! We'd make, with joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the spring. Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing Cuccu: Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springeth the wode nu; Awe bleteth after lamb, Lows after calue cu, Bulluc stertes, bucke vertes, Murie sing Cuccu.... | |
 | Mrs. Charles Meredith - Botanical illustration - 1836 - 400 pages
...mention of the cuckoo, whose song, or rather cry, becomes far from merry towards the Midsummer months. Sumer is icumen in ; Lhude sing cuccu; Groweth sed...bloweth med, And springeth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after lomb ; Lhouth after calve cu ; Merrie sing cuccu, 124 Many of the Poet's darlings... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...printed, but are here correctly transcribed from the Harleian MS. in the British Museum, No. 918. Sinner is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu Groweth sed, And bloweth med. And springth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after lomb Lhouth after calve cu Bulluc sterteth, Bucke... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...song, written about the same period, and is the earliest in which the notes are found attached : — " Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed, And bloweth med, And springth the wde nu ; Sing cuccu. Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 354 pages
...written about the same period, and is the earliest in which the notes are found attached : — " Samer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed, And bloweth med, And springth tb.e wde nu ; Sing caeca. Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc aterteth,... | |
 | James Eccleston - England - 1847 - 504 pages
...probably of the early part of the 13th century, which was set to musie at a somewhat later period — Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu; Groweth sed, And bloweth med, And springeth the wode nu, Sing euceu. Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth, Buck verteth,... | |
 | William John Broderip - Animal behavior - 1847 - 434 pages
...to such of our readers as may take an interest in the subject. June, 1841. SINGING BIRDS-VISITERS. " Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed and bloweth med, And springth the wde nu. Sing cuccu. Awe beteth after Iamb, Lhouth after calve cu, Bulluc sterteth, Bucke... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1857 - 852 pages
...modernized form, but, as Kitson quotes them, from the Harleian manuscript, — are as follows : — " Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wde «ч. Sing, caeca ! " Awe bleteth after lomb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth,... | |
 | James Paterson - 1858 - 140 pages
...of a contemporaneous period with the Scottish specimen above quoted. It is as follows : — " Sinner is icumen in ; Lhude sing cuccu ; Groweth sed, and...bloweth med, And springeth the wde nu. Sing cuccu, &c.* Awe bleteth after lamb, Lhouth after calve cu ; Bulluc sterteth, bucke verteth, Murie sing cuccu.... | |
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