| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...myself The lines cited by Dr. Farmer stand thus in Tht White Devil: " 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 ; " Call unto his funeral dole " The ant,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 448 pages
...of The White Devil; and in such a manner as confirms the old reading: " Call for the robin-red-brest 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,... | |
| Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...o'ercharg'd with water. Funeral Dirge for Marcello. (His Mother sings it.) 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. Call unto his funeral dole The Ant, the Field-mouse,... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...o'er unto her lute. Fla. Do and you will, do. Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Cor. 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. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse,... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...o'er unto her lute. Fla. Do and you will, do. Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Cor. 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. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse,... | |
| Thomas Crofton Croker - Children's poetry - 1829 - 260 pages
...learn some verses just to the same effect out of Mr. Lamb's Specimens. Did you ever hear them? Call to the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Now I am quite sure that those lines... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1830 - 364 pages
...learn some verses just to the same effect out of Mr. Lamb's Specimens. Did you ever hear them ? Call to the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover, The friendless bodies of unburied men. Now I am quite sure that these... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pages
...charity of their little favourite; and 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... | |
| Great Britain - 1833 - 720 pages
...mutters, as reason and misery are struggling for the mastery over her mind. " Call for the 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... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...charitie ; " t the second in his Tragedy, called "The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona." 1612— " 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 mm;" t ' and the third in one of his pamphlets printed... | |
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