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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... "
Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ... - Page 24
by Charles Lamb - 1893
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Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet

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,...dole " The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, «' To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm." Dr. Warburton hath asked, " What sense is there in winter-grounding...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1790 - 722 pages
..." Since o'er fliaiy groves they hover, " And with leaves and flowcis do cover • * The friendlefs bodies of unburied men ; " Call unto his funeral dole " The ant, the fieldmoufe, and the mole, " To rear him tilladti that (hall keep him warm." FAHMIH. Which of thefc...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 828 pages
...and the wren, Since o'er fhady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendlefs bodies of unburied men; Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-moufe, and the mole, To rear him billtcki that (hall keep him warm," &c, FARMER. Which of thefe...
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Cymbeline: A Tragedy

William Shakespeare - 1794 - 458 pages
...wren, " Sinee o'er fhady groves they hover, " And with leaves and flowers do eover " The friendlefs bodies of unburied men; " Call unto his funeral dole " The ant, the field-moufe, and the mole, " To rear him hilloeks that fhall keep him warm." MALoNE. Whenee ean be...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

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...Mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 16

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,...dole " The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, " To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm," &c. Farmer. Which of these two plays was first written...
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The Ancient British Drama ...

Walter Scott - English drama - 1810 - 610 pages
...leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies ofunburied men. Call unto his funeral dole 79 I'/ie ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs arerobb'd) sustain noharm, But keep the wolf Jar thence : that's foe to men, For...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

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,...Mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...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...mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm, But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...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...mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm, But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For...
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