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SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: SPRING by THOMAS NASHE

Poem Explanation

First Line: SPRING, THE SWEET SPRING, IS THE YEAR'S PLEASANT KING
Last Line: SPRING! THE SWEET SPRING!
Subject(s): COUNTRY LIFE; DEATH; NATURE; SPRING; DEAD, THE;

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!
Spring, the sweet spring!



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