Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Brag. When Turtles tread, and Rookes and Dawes,
Brag. And Maidens bleach their summer smockes:
Brag. The Cuckow then on euerie tree
Brag. Mockes married men; for thus sings he,
Brag. Cuckow.
Brag. Cuckow, Cuckow: O word of feare,
Brag. Vnpleasing to a married eare
Brag. Winter.
Brag. When Isicles hang by the wall,
Brag. And Dicke the Shepheard blowes his naile;
Brag. And Tom beares Logges into the hall,
Brag. And Milke comes frozen home in paile:
Brag. When blood is nipt, and waies be fowle,
Brag. Then nightly sings the staring Owle
Brag. Tu‑whit to‑who.
Brag. A merrie note,
Brag. While greasie Ione doth keele the pot.
Brag. When all aloud the winde doth blow,
Brag. And coffing drownes the Parsons saw:
Brag. And birds sit brooding in the snow,