 | 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,...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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...Marcello. (His Mother sings it.) Call for the Robin-red-breast, and the Wren, *. i Since Since o'tr 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 raise him hillocks that shall... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
 | 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,...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The Ant, the Field-mouse, and the Mole, To raise him hillocks that shall... | |
 | 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...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall... | |
 | 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...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Webster, Alexander Dyce - English drama - 1830 - 384 pages
...earth, earthy. Since o'er shady groves they hover, [Cornelia doth this in several forms of distration. 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,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
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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, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall... 
