 | Joseph Ritson - 1790 - 434 strani
...difmal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear ; Say, I died true : My love was falfe, but I was firm 5 From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Oj III. THB III. THE MOTHERS LULLABY. From a MS. ef Jamet the Ifti time. Bib. Sloan. 1708. MY little... | |
 | 1804 - 510 strani
...Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, rcillou- branches bear ; Say, I died true : Mi/ lore was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Evad. Fie on it, madam ! the words are srt strange, they are able to make one dream of hobgoblins.... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 strani
...dismal >/ea> ; Maidens, willow branches hear ; Say, I died true : Л1у /ore n-as false, hut I teal firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Ei'ad. Fie on it, madam ! the words are so strange, they are able to make one dream of hobgoblins.... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 strani
...yeto ; Maidens, œil/orc brunches bear ; Sal/, I died true : Mi/ /ore vas false, hut I iras fir in From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth f Evad. Fie on it, madam ! the words are so strange, they are able to make one dream of hobgoblins.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 strani
...hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Sav, I died true: Mv fove was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth! Etad. Fie on't, madam ! the words are so "range, they are able to make one dream of bobgoblins. ' I... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1823 - 392 strani
...hearse Of the dismall yew, Maidens willow branches wear. Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body...observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, VOL. i. 1 3 that none but svreet- scented evergreens and flowers should be employed. The intention... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 strani
...hearse Of the dismall yew, Maidens willow branches wear. Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm. . From my hour of birth, Upon my buried...natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine arid elevate the mind ; and we have a proof of it in the purity of sentiment and the unaffected elegance... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 518 strani
...my hearse Of the dismal yew, Maidens willow branches wear, Say I died true. My love waa false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body...elegance of thought, which pervaded the whole of these fiineral observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, that none but sweet-scented evergreens and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 strani
...hearse, Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear : Say I died true : My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth : Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle Earth. Why has the yew been called "double fatal ?" (Shakspeare.) Because the leaves of the yew are poison,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 316 strani
...hearse Of the dismall yew, Maidens willow branches wear, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body...unaffected elegance of thought which pervaded the wl\ole of these funeral observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, that none but sweetscented... | |
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Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. 
