 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Time Anticipated. COWPER. Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. The Village Curate. J. HURDIS. moreland.] I CLIMBKD the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn,...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 Jones - Superstition - 1880 - 778 pages
...thus Webster, in his "Tragedy of Vittoria Corombona" (1612), says : " Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,...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.... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Authors - 1880 - 380 pages
...are prominent throughout Webster's chief works. Here are one or two instances. First, a dirge : — Call for 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. Call unto his funeral dole The ant,... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...charm no more, And mourn'd till Pity's self be dead. WILLIAM COLLINS. DIRGE. FROM "THE WHITE DEVIL." e to marshal us, in all his armor drest, And he has bound raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And, when gay tombs are robb'd, sustain no harm ; But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Britons - 1881 - 256 pages
...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...funeral dole, The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...afar off shine bright, Hut Kwk'd to near have neither heat nor light. 1 Ibid. Act iv. Sc. 4. C.'!ll for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Ibid. Act v. Sc. 2. Where they that are without would fain go in, And they that are within would fain... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...of the water watery, so this is of the earth earthy." A DIRGE. Call for tho robin-redbreast and tho res of the mind, 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 372 pages
...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... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...shivering mates and pays to trusted man His annual visit i. THOMSON— The Seasons. Winter. Line 246. t Griisell. Act I. Sc. 1. With fingers weary }. JOHN WEBSTEB— The White Devil; or, VMoria Corombona. A Dirge. Each morning, when my waking eyes... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1882 - 782 pages
...the idea of redbreasts covering over the bodies of dead men recurs : — Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers cover The friendless bodies of unmarried men. 1 It illustrates (line 2) the apparent want of sympathy... | |
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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... 
