 | English poems - 1870 - 722 sivua
...of his writings. (London, 1830).] LL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover And with leaves and flowers do cover The...are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. Or tke f'atver... | |
 | John White - 1870 - 402 sivua
...worn-out emigrant could not even hope for the quiet grave desired in that grand old English dirge, Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse,...that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1895 - 486 sivua
...Cornelia, the mother, sings : ' Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The...are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again.' ' I never saw,' says Lamb,... | |
 | Virgil - 1871 - 376 sivua
...to cry over the hapless Priam : " Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover. And with leaves and flowers do cover The...that shall keep him warm, And, when gay tombs are robbed, sustain no harm." Webster, Vittoria Corombona, v. 1. His fate must call to mind Shirley's noble... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 sivua
...for a robin redbreast, and the wren, lEjEgHI Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves of flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied...mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm. JI— IEL I F—LE EI U Z 1C fj. WEBSTER, an old dramatist, born 1585, died 1654. The Dirge is taken... | |
 | O. Pradère - 1872 - 488 sivua
...du bon Robin, le Rouge.Gorge : « Call for the Redbreast and the Wrenn, Since o' er shady graves the hover. And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. » H Venez, Rouge-Gorge et Roitelet, qui voltigez au-dessus des bosquets ombreux, et couvrez, de feuilles... | |
 | 1873 - 296 sivua
...! FlTX-ilAMKS O'BltlKN. A DIRGE CAM, for the robin-redbivast and the wren, Since o'er shadv groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The...that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll... | |
 | 1874 - 870 sivua
...worthy almost of Shakespeare : — Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The...wolf far hence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again. This song is entitled by Mr. Palgrave "A Land Dirge," and with good judgment... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 sivua
...cover The friendless bodies of nnboried men. Call unto his fanerai dole . The ant, the field-monse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep...are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again. This song is entitled by Mr.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 sivua
...out.1 The White Devil. Act i. Sc. 2. 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. Ibid. Act \. Sc. 2. Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But look'd to near have neither... | |
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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... 
