Then come the theatrical announcements teeming with novelty
and attraction, which stand like the sauces, savoury dishes, and
sweetmeats of the day's repast.
(_To be concluded in our next_.)
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OLD POETS.
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(_To the Editor of the Mirror_.)
The following song is said to be the most ancient in the English
language, and to have been written so early as the year 1250, almost a
century before Geoffrey Chaucer, (who is styled the father of English
poetry,) produced his _Court of Love_, which was written at the early
age of eighteen.
CHAS. COLE.
THE CUCCU.
Summer is icumen in;
Lhude sing cuccu:
Groweth sed and bloweth med,
And springeth the wde nu
Sing cuccu.
Awe bleteth after lomb;
Lhouth after calve cu:
Bulluc sterteth,
Buck verteth,
Murie sing cuccu,
Cuccu, cuccu,
Wel singes this cuccu;
Ne swik thu naver.
_Glossary_--Sumer, summer--icumen, a coming--lhude, loud--sed,
seed--med, mead--wde, wood--nu, new--awe, ewe--lomb, lamb--lhouth,
loweth--cu, cow--murie, merry--singes, sing'st--thu, thou--Ne swik thu
naver, May'st thou never cease.
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