 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 84 lapas
...me, Antiphila, if e'er you heard A merrier strain than this ? [Aspatia sings without, R.'Sdv, SONG. " Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens,...died true ; My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth !" [Dula puts the lute down on table,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 lapas
...disappointed in love: Lay a garland 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 lapas
...That's one of your sad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a very pretty one. Erad. How is it, madam 1 obey ; so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine...knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forge hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Madam, good night ; may no discontent... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 lapas
...import in Eitson's Songs, 1790, p. 197, from the Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 1619 : " Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew ; Maidens,...died true. My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth: Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!" In Poole's English Parnassus, the yew... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1849 - 560 lapas
...echo ring. SPENCER'S Epilhnlamion. III. Into LATIN LYRICS or HENDECASVLLABICS: LAY a garland on ray hearse Of the dismal yew ; Maidens, willow branches...died true. My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. Maid's Tragedy. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 lapas
...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 was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. The natural effect of sorrow over the... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 lapas
...one of your sad songs, madam. /).••/'. Believe me, 'tis a pretty one. Evad. How is it, madam 1 Asp. Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew...died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Madam, good-night; may no discontent... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 lapas
...Evad. That's one of your sad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a pretty one. Evad. How is it, madam 1 Asp. Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew...died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth ! Madam, good-night ; may no discontent... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 lapas
...MAID'S TRAGEDY." Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal fkvr; • Maidens willow branches bear, Say 1 died true. • My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth ; • Upon my buried body, lie Lightly, gentle earth. FROM THE "LITTLE FRENCH LAWYEB."... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 lapas
...shining gem in a dusky mine, but incorporate with the golden ore as rich and precious as themselves. Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens...died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth ; Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth. FROM THE "LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER." This... | |
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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! 
