Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Thomas Nashe. 15671601166. Spring
SPRING, the sweet Spring, is the year’s pleasant king; | |
Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, | |
Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing— | |
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! | |
The palm and may make country houses gay, | 5 |
Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day, | |
And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay— | |
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! | |
The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, | |
Young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, | 10 |
In every street these tunes our ears do greet— | |
Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! | |
Spring, the sweet Spring! |