 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 sidor
...Dong, Bell. W. Shahespeare * 23 * A LAND DIRGE CALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...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 robb'd)... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1877 - 450 sidor
...Webster's White Devil, act v., we read : — " 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 critics suppose Webster to have imitated Shakespere here, but there is no ground for any such supposition.... | |
 | Frederick Scarlett Potter - 1877 - 144 sidor
...themselves. I think the verses began : — " Call the robin red-breast and the wren, Since o'er lonely groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men." " I wonder," said Alic, " why the robin and the wren are so often mentioned together. They are not... | |
 | 1877 - 362 sidor
...Robin-Bedbreast —Call for the RORIN-REDRREAST and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, Ami with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. WEIWTER, The While Demi, act i. sc. 2. Robinson, Jack. — A name used in the phrase "Before one could... | |
 | 1878 - 242 sidor
...watery ; so this is of the earth, earthy." '' Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...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." The other... | |
 | 1878 - 532 sidor
...watery; so this is of the earth, earthy." '• Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...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." nal exactly,... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 sidor
...Ding, dong, Bell. IV. Shakespeare. A LAND DIRGE. 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 robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep... | |
 | 1878 - 260 sidor
...watery; so this is of the earth, earthy." '• Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over 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." The other... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 sidor
...— RABELAIS, book i. ch.5 Robin-Redbreast — 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. WEBSTEK, The While Demi, act i. so. & Robinson, Jack. — A name used in the phrase " Before one could... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 sidor
...Ding, dong, Bell. W. Shakespeare. A LAND DIRGE. CALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover And with leaves and flowers...dole • The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep... | |
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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... 
