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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... "
The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 165
by William Shakespeare - 1821
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Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...of it ; " I have left more for myself The lines cited by Dr. Farmer stand thus in Tht White Devil: " Call for the robin-red-breast and the wren, " Since...«' To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm." Dr. Warburton hath asked, " What sense is there in winter-grounding a corse with moss?" But winterground...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - 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...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...
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The Ancient British Drama ...

Walter Scott - 1810 - 610 pages
...unto her lute. Flam. 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 mith leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies ofunburied men. Call unto his funeral dole 79...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1813 - 508 pages
...forth the room, They were so o'ercharg'd with water. Funeral Dirge for Marcello. (His Mother sings it.) Call for the Robin-red-breast, and the Wren, Since...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...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

1823 - 428 pages
...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,...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 keep...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

1823 - 428 pages
...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,...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 keep...
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The Works of John Webster, Volume 1

John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1830 - 384 pages
...earth, earthy. Since o'er shady groves they hover, [Cornelia doth this in several forms of distration. And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless...mole, To rear 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 Works of John Webster, Volume 1

John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1830 - 398 pages
...several forms of distration. And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of nnburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall, heep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep the wolf far thence, that's...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 13

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pages
...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,...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Webster. While llcvil, Trajcjy. No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives : Till Kobin-tedbrcast...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 153

1833 - 720 pages
...dirge composed which she mutters, as reason and misery are struggling for the mastery over her mind. " Call for the Robin-redbreast and the Wren, Since o'er...shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers discover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field mouse,...
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