 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1845 - 540 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 ; but... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 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
...dismall grave Such offerings as you have, Forsaken cypresse and sad yewe ; For kinder flowers can take no birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. In " The...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 - Periodicals - 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 - Periodicals - 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 - Authors, English - 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 - English literature - 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 - Americans - 1849 - 538 pages
...disnmll grave Such offerings as you have, Forsaken cpyresee and sad yewe ; For kinder flowers can take no birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. In " The...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...dismall grave Such offerings as you have, Forsaken cpyresse and sad yewe; For kinder flowers can take no birth Or growth from such unhappy earth. In " The...had been disappointed in love: Lay a garland on my heaue, Of the dismall yew, Maidens, willow branches wear, Say I died true. My love was false, but I... | |
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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. 
