Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it. The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of MDCXXIII ... - Page 186by William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1863Full view - About this book
| English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...sun-set merrily ; Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. SONG. COME away, come away death, And in sad cypress let...cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it; My part of death no one so true Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Like the old age.1 Clo. Are you ready, sir ? Duke. Ay; pr'ythee, sing. [Mustek. SONG. Clo. Come <may, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid...away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maidj My shroud of white, stuck all with yea, 0, prepare it; My part of death no one so true Did share... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1809 - 282 pages
...this song. It is silly, yet I love it, for it tells of the innocence of love in the old times."' SONG. Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let...away, breath, I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My »hroud of white stuck all with yew, O prepare it, My part of death no one so true did share it. Not... | |
| Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1810 - 302 pages
...silly, yet I love it, for it tells of the innocence of love in the old times." SONG. Come away, «ome away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid , Fly...cruel maid. My shroud of white stuck all with yew, O prepare it, My part of death no one so true did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...Vqder the blossom that haufadu the bough. SONG. IN TWELFTH NIGHT. COME away, come away, death, And m sad cypress let me be laid) Fly away, fly away, breath,...cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it , My part of death no one so true Did share it. Not a Bower, not a flower sweet On my... | |
| William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...And dalUes with the — ] Plays or trifles. ? — the old age.] The ages past, times of simplicity. SONG. CLO. Come away, come away, death, And in sad...cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it; . . My part of death no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet,... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 482 pages
...Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. SONG. [In " Twelfth Night."] COME away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let...cruel maid My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O prepare it ; My part of death no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet On my... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 454 pages
...sing. [Muric. i, SONG. Clo. Come away, rome away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly arcay, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it; My part of death no one so true Did share it. "Not a flower, not a flower sweet. On... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1813 - 318 pages
...this song. It is silly, yet I love it, for it tells of the innocence of love in the old times.' SONG. Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let...by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white stuck all with'yew, O prepare it, My part of death no one so true did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of k>v« Like the old age. Song. Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let...cruel maid. My shroud of white stuck all with yew, O, prepare it; My part of death no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my... | |
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