 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 sidor
...Webster, who wrote in 1630-38, says : — " 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 enburied men." Michael Drayton too alludes to it : — " Covering with moss the dead's unclos'd eye,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1854 - 572 sidor
...Funeral Dirge for MABCELLO. [-His MOTHEB sings it. Call for the robin-redbreast, 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 again1. Folded Thoughts. Come, come, my lord,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 282 sidor
...WHITE DEVIL; OR, VITTORIA COROMBONA. 1612. ADIRQ E. for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...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) sustain no harm; But keep... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 sidor
...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) sustain no harm; • But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll*... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 sidor
...itself into the elements which it contemplates." CALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...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) sustain no harm ; But keep... | |
 | John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1857 - 424 sidor
...the robin-red-breast and the wren,^ [CORNELIA doth this in several forms of distraction. Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillochs that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm : But keep... | |
 | John Webster - 1857 - 296 sidor
...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...robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that'sfoe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again. They would not bury him 'cause he died... | |
 | John Webster - 1857 - 298 sidor
...the wren, [Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Since o'er shady groves they Jiover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dolt The ant, theßeld-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when... | |
 | John Webster - 1857 - 300 sidor
...the robin-red-breast, and the wren, {Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies ofunburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 594 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...raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm And, when gray tombs are robb'd, sustain no hayffi; But keep the wolf far thenco, that's foe to men, For with... | |
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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... 
