 In April, Come he will In May, He sings all day. In June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. In August, Go he must.  Nature - Page 250redigeeritud poolt - 1876Full view - About this book
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 lehte
...and tarries with us about four months. Its course has been marked in the following couplets : — " In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day....July, He prepares to fly. In August, Go he must." The egg of the cuckoo is laid in the nests of other birds, many of which might easily be mentioned... | |
 | 1841 - 536 lehte
...the progress of the cuckoo through the season, I have somewhere met with the following couplets— In April, Come he will. In May, He sings all day....June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. YABBBLL. THE RAINBOW. BOFT glowing in uncertain birth, 'Twixt Nature's smiles... | |
 | 1841 - 272 lehte
...have somewhere met with the following couplets— In April, Come be will. In May, He sings all daj In June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. YARRELL. THE RAINBOW. 8orT glowing in uncertain birth, 'Twixt Nature's smiles... | |
 | 1844 - 440 lehte
...habits of the cuckoo are generally known. " In April, The cuckoo shows his bill : In May, He singeth all day : In June, He alters his tune : In July, He prepares to fly : Come August, Go he must." It has long been a matter of dispute whether or not the swallows migrate... | |
 | 1844 - 444 lehte
...habits of the cuckoo are generally known. " In April, The cuckoo shows his bill : In May, He singeth all day : In June, He alters his tune : In July, He prepares to fly : Come August, Go he must." It has long been a matter of dispute whether or not the swallows migrate... | |
 | 1846 - 444 lehte
...land. The following couplets mark the various stages of the cuckoo's appearance through the season. In April, Come he will, In May, He sings all day....June, He alters his tune. In July, He prepares to fly. Come August, Go he must. EXTRACT FROM MY FAMILY BIBLE. MATTHEW xvi. 19 — 21. THE keys of the kingdom... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 lehte
...rhyme involving the whole summer's history of the cuckoo : — In April, The cuckoo shows his bill ; In May, He sings all day ; In June, He alters his tune ; In July, He prepares to fly ; Come August, Go he must. The Germans connect the cuckoo with good weather, and countrymen do not... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 lehte
...season of the cuckoo by the following homely proverbial lines : In April, The cuckoo shows his bill ; In May, He sings all day ; In June, He alters his tune : In July, Away he'll fly ; Come August, Away he must ! In some dialects thus : In April, 'A shake 'as bill; In... | |
 | British land birds - 1857 - 318 lehte
...stages of its progress, during its sojourn here, have been also noted in the popular couplet : — " In April, come he will ; In May, he sings all day...June, he alters his tune ; In July, he prepares to fly Come August, go he must." Singular as the cry of this bird is, still more singular is its strange,... | |
 | Mrs. Fairfield - 1859 - 224 lehte
...sort of wild fluttering flight." " I know a verse about the Cuckoo, mamma," said little Harry, " ' In April — come he will ; In May — he sings all...he alters his tune ; In July — he prepares to fly ; Come August — go he must!' " " Very good, my dear hoy ; and very true, this nursery rhyme is. But,... | |
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