 | 1878 - 260 str.
...watery; so this is of the earth, earthy." '• Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...funeral dole, The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole; To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm." The other... | |
 | 1878 - 242 str.
...watery ; so this is of the earth, earthy." '' Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers...dole, The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole ; To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm." The other... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 str.
...hoped t« catch larks if ever the heavens should fall. — RABELAIS, book i. ch.5 Robin-Redbreast — Call for the ROBIN-REDBREAST and the wren, Since o'er...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. WEBSTEK, The While Demi, act i. so. & Robinson, Jack. — A name used in the phrase " Before one could... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 str.
...over them spread." The idea is alluded to in Reed's Old Plays : — " Call for the robin 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." And again thus pathetically by Drayton : —... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - 472 str.
...robin and the wren to watch over the last home of sad humanity : — " Call for a robin redbreast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves of flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. " When the bloom and sunshine of May make... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 str.
...hourly ring his knell: Hark I now I hear them, — Ding, dong, Bell. W. Shakespeare. A LAND DIRGE. CALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er...dole • The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep... | |
 | W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 str.
...for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since over shady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men ; Call...funeral dole, The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And, when gay tombs are robbed, sustain no harm j But keep... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 str.
...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 - 1880 - 778 str.
...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 - 1880 - 380 str.
...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,... | |
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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... 
