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" Call for the robin-red-breast 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... "
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Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...myself The lines cited by Dr. Farmer stand thus in Tht White Devil: " Call for the robin-red-breast and the wren, " Since o'er shady groves they hover,...men ; " Call unto his funeral dole " The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, «' To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm." Dr. Warburton hath asked,...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - English drama - 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...unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The Ant, the Field-mouse, and the Mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 448 pages
...of The White Devil; and in such a manner as confirms the old reading: " Call for the robin-red-brest and the wren, " Since o'er shady groves they hover,...men ; " Call unto his funeral dole " The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, " To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm," &c. Farmer. Which of these...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...o'ercharg'd with water. Funeral Dirge for Marcello. (His Mother sings it.) Call for the Robin-red-breast, and the Wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,...unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The Ant, the Field-mouse, and the Mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...o'er unto her lute. Fla. Do and you will, do. Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Cor. Call for the robin red-breast, and the wren, Since...unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 7

Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...o'er unto her lute. Fla. Do and you will, do. Cornelia doth this in several forms of distraction. Cor. Call for the robin red-breast, and the wren, Since...unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are...
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The Works of John Webster, Volume 1

John Webster, Alexander Dyce - English drama - 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...unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall, keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are...
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 13

William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 pages
...charity of 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...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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Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on ...

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...the bell, to sing o'er unto her lute. Ham. Do an you will, do. Cor. Call for the rohin-red-breast, unburicd men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillocks...
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Shakspeare and his times

Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 pages
...charitic ; " f the second in his Tragedy, called "The White Devil, or Vittoria Corombona." 1612— M Call for the robin red-breast and the wren. Since...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men ; " \ ' and the third in one of his pamphlets printed in 1616 — "They that cheerc up a l>ri.4oner...
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