 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 fieldmouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall...  The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse ... - Pagina 153door Mary Russell Mitford - 1841 - 666 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1823 - 428 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1829 - 260 pagina’s
...death, covered them over with leaves. Did you never hear old nurse Andrews repeat the old ballad ? I can almost say it myself : — " No burial this...friendless bodies of unburied men. Now I am quite sure that those lines are poetry ; and, at all events, every body holds the robin sacred for his social qualities,... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pagina’s
..." t the second in his Tragedy, called "The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona." 1612— " Call for d leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied mm;" t ' and the third in one of his... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1841 - 688 pagina’s
...Lamh's Specimens. Did you ever hear them ? Call to the rohin redhreast and the wren, Since o'er ghady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover The friendless hodice of unhuhed men. Now I am quite sure that these lines are poetry ; and, at all events, every... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 pagina’s
...none, To winter-ground thy corse.'' Again in Reed's Old Plays, vol. vi. p. 35S : " Call for the Rohin Redbreast and the Wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flow'rs do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men." Thomson, in his Winter, thus mentions... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pagina’s
..." f the second in his Tragedy, called "The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona." 1612— M 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 ; " \ ' and the third in one of his... | |
 | 1837 - 400 pagina’s
...learn some verses just to the same effect out of Mr. Lamb's Specimens. Did you ever hear them? 124 125 Call to the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er...friendless bodies of unburied men. Now I am quite sure that those lines are poetry ; and, at all events, every body holds the robin sacred for his social qualities,... | |
 | Catharine Crowe - 1844 - 324 pagina’s
...the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes." AIJ;.V ANIMUS FEAST. " 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 WHITE DEVIL. " Was this your... | |
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