 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 sidor
...for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men ; Call...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 j But keep... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 sidor
...itself into the elements which it contemplates:1 Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And. when gay tomlre are robbed, sustain no harm, But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, Jtor with his... | |
 | William Jones - 1880 - 634 sidor
..."Tragedy of Vittoria Corombona" (1612), 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 unburied men." There is a legend in which the robin is made to symbolise the resurrection. The bird belonged to St.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sidor
...the lark to bed. The Village Curate. J. HURDIS. Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er llyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleamed misty and wide : All was still, save, by uuburied men. T/tr If /att Dait, ла т. Sc. 2. J. WEBSTER. What bird so sings, yet so does wail ?... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 200 sidor
...English. Dole, a share, from deal, is a purely English word. Webster, in his Land Dirge, has the lines : * Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole.' Dole (doleful, condole , etc.) is from the O. Fr. doel, Fr. denil, from Lat. dolor, grief. Cog. : Dolorous.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 256 sidor
...directly borrowed from this scene : * Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady grove they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The...are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far hence, that 's foe to men, For with his nails he '11 dig them up again,' etc. " The last generation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 372 sidor
...play quoted in the preceding note : Call for the robin red-breast and the wren, Since o'er shady grove they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Drayton, also, has it, evidently in imitation of Shakespeare : Covering with moss the dead's unclosed... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 sidor
...watery, so this is of the earth earthy." A DIRGE. Call for tho robin-redbreast and tho wren, Since o'er And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power wa uuburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-monse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 sidor
...i. THOMSON — The Seasons. Winter. Line 246. 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. j. JOHN WEBSTER— The White Devil; or. Villoría Coruiubona. A Dirge. Each morning, when my waking... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 340 sidor
...XLV. JOHN WEBSTER. CORNELIA'S SONG. /""""ALL for the robin-red-breast 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... | |
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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... 
