Summer's Last Will and Testament (excerpt)

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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,
  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,
  In every street these tunes our ears do greet:
  Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to witta-woo!

© Thomas Nashe