 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 492 pages
...is it, madam ? Asp. 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 lay lightly gentle earth. Madam, good night ; — may no discontent Grow 'twixt your love and you ;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1846 - 356 pages
...birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. In " The Maid's Tragedy," a pathetic little air is introduced, illustrative of this mode of decorating the funerals...garland on my hearse Of the dismall yew, Maidens willow branc&gs wear, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 724 pages
...Beaumont and Fletctter. 79 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...Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! " The Faithful Shepherdess " would afford many beautiful lyrics, worthy of quotation. The hymn to Pan, in... | |
 | George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - 1846 - 694 pages
...simplicity and pathos: Lay a garland on my heatse, Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear ; Say I died true ; My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of hirth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! " The Faithful Shepherdess " would afford many... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 84 pages
...without, R.'Sdv, SONG. " 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...birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth !" [Dula puts the lute down on table, R., and returns mournfully to her seat. Oly. It is our lady :... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...madam ! A»p. Lay a garland on my heane Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear, Say I die* not able to tell what they say, and yet these fine Knglish clerks will say they speak ! Madam, good night ; may no discontent Grow 'twixt your love and you ; but if there do, Inquire of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...on my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear, Say I died true. My love was falset but I was firm. From my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Madam, good night ; may no discontent Grow 'twixt your love and you ; but if there do, Inquire of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 536 pages
...birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. In " The Maid's Tragedy," a pathetic little air is introduced, illustrative of this mode of decorating the funerals...birth, Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. fl The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind jj and we have a proof... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 pages
...and Fletcher, 1619 : " 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...birth: Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!" In Poole's English Parnassus, the yew has the epithets of " warlick, dismal, fatal, mortal, venemous,... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1849 - 560 pages
...or HENDECASVLLABICS: LAY a garland on ray hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm...birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. Maid's Tragedy. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. THURSDAY, February 22, 1849. 12 J— 3i. TRANSLATE : Beginning... | |
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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! 
