Nature
The Ousel-Cock, So Black of Hue
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Nature
The ousel-cock, so black of hue,
With orange-tawny bill,
The throstle with his note so true,
The wren with little quill;
The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,
The plain-song cuckoo gray,
Whose note full many a man doth mark,
And dares not answer nay.
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Shakespeare, William. “The Ousel-Cock, So Black of Hue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/193/.
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Shakespeare, William. “The Ousel-Cock, So Black of Hue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/193/.
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