 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 Seiten
...my 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 lie Lightly, gentle earth." The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refme and elevate the... | |
 | John Tomlinson - 1869 - 192 Seiten
...on my 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." Take another example — one of these simple old lyrics which are worth... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 Seiten
...on my 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. FROM THE "LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER." This way, this way, come and hear, You... | |
 | 1874 - 870 Seiten
...on my 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 ! In their lyrics these twin-poets approach sometimes very near to Shakespeare... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 Seiten
...on my 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 ! Beaumont and Fletcher. CCLXXXV. LOVE DYING OF UNKINDNESS. A DYING LOVER.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 Seiten
...my 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 ! In their lyrics these twin-poets approach sometimes very near to Shakspeare—so... | |
 | 1875 - 176 Seiten
...on my hearse. Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow-branches bear. Say I di6d true. My love was false, but I was firm. From my hour of birth; Upon my buried hody lie Lightly, gentle earth. BRAUMONT AND FLRrCHRR. CHANGE. MISS LB LANDON. ' Where arc the flowers,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 Seiten
...my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear, Say, I died troe. " My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!" In their lyrics these twin poets approach sometimes very near to Shakespeare... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 Seiten
...on my hearse Of the dismal yew : Maidens, willow branches bear ; Say I died true. My love was false, w s 'knP Y ƻ6 Ú L v KV S g A ^Z ~d7 Ç䆖 lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Madam, good-night ; may no discontent Grow 'twixt your love and you ; but... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1877 - 348 Seiten
...subjoined stanza show what may be called the normal form of the measure : — " My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body, lie Lightly, gentle earth." Long and short syllables (three long or accented) occur here in alternation,... | |
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Lay a garland on my 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! 
