Note 79 — Chapter V · THE BIRDS OF SONG.
Reading edition
That is, the young cuckoo. The expression occurs again in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ii. Sc. 1:—
“Take heed, ere summer comes, or cuckoo-birds do sing.”
Reading edition
That is, the young cuckoo. The expression occurs again in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ii. Sc. 1:—
“Take heed, ere summer comes, or cuckoo-birds do sing.”