 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 958 Seiten
...my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear ; Say, I died true : My love was false, the. living wLo are dumb. In vain — in vain : strike oth lio Lightly, gentle earth ! FROM "THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY." What sacrifice of thanks, what age of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882
...on 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 refine and elevate the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882
...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 FROM 'THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS.' [By Fletcher.] 1. THE SATYR. Here be grapes whose lusty blood... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 406 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 ! " Another illustration of Fletcher's genius as a lyrist shall be given... | |
 | English Lyrics - 1883 - 296 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 ! THOMAS MIODLKTON, LXIX. 15807—1627. HIPPOLITO'S SONG. LOVE is like a... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1883
...river For that some melancholic distracted man Hath drown'd himself in't." (4) ' ' My love was false, but I was firm from my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lay lightly gentle earth." («) " 'Cause I am poor, deform'd and ignorant, And like a bow buckled and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 516 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. JROM THK " LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER." This way, this way, come and hear, Yon... | |
 | John Dennis - 1883 - 406 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 ! " Another illustration of Fletcher's genius as a lyrist shall be given... | |
 | Richard Folkard - 1884 - 610 Seiten
...hearse Of the dismal Yew ; Maidens, Willow branches bear ; Say that I died true. My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly gentle earth." . It was an old English custom, at the funeral of a virgin, for a young... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 399 Seiten
...my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maideos, 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 ! Samuel Fkft/itr, 1576-1625. II WEEP no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow... | |
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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! 
