 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 sidor
...all of them, except Gay, note its solitary habits. Call for the redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Webster. While llcvil, Trajcjy. No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives : Till Kobin-tedbrcast... | |
 | 1833 - 720 sidor
...Robin-redbreast and the Wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers discover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed)... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 sidor
...unto her lute. Ham. Do an you will, do. Cor. Call for the rohin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburicd men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 sidor
...White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona." 1612— M Call for the robin red-breast and the wren. Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men ; " \ ' and the third in one of his pamphlets printed in 1616 — "They that cheerc up a l>ri.4oner... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1844 - 330 sidor
...Dirge for MARCELLO. [ffit MOTHER sings it. Call for the Robin-red-breast, and the Wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that 's foe to men, For with his nails he 'll dig them up again *. Folded Thoughtt. Come, come, my... | |
 | Catharine Crowe - 1844 - 324 sidor
...friend to close his eyes." AIJ;.V ANIMUS FEAST. " Call for the robin red-breast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men." THE WHITE DEVIL. " Was this your handy- work ?" IBID. THE two bodies lay side by side upon the earth,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sidor
...do cover The friendless bodies ofunburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep...robb'd, sustain no harm : But keep the wolf far thence, that 's foe to men, For with his nails he '11 dig them up again. THE SAME. '• I never saw," says... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 822 sidor
...note its solitary habits. Call for the redbreast and the wren, Since o'er sliady groves they hovur, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Webster. White Ibril, Tragedy. No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives : Till Robin-redbreast... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1846 - 700 sidor
...away from her, singing in a low, subdued " ' Call unto his funeral dole, The ant, the field mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm,' he looked out of the window, where Mrs. already planted herself. " He's there for certain," said the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sidor
...into the elements which it contemplates :' — Call for the robin red-breast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...that shall keep him warm, And, when gay tombs are rol'b'd, sustain no harm ; But keep the Folf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll... | |
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Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall... 
