 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...one of your sad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a very pretty one. Evad. How 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... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 pages
...your sad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a very pretty one. Ei-ad. How is it, madam? SONG. 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 hoar of birth. Upon my buried body... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...of yoursad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a very pretty one. Erad. How is it, madam? SONG. As?. Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Sav, I died true: Mv fove was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...one of your sad songs, madam. Asp. Believe me, 'tis a very pretty one. Evad. How 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 416 pages
...Sylvans, 4fc.] This line recalls a pathetic little ballad, in Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy : 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 true, From my hour of birth : Upon my buried body... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 416 pages
...Sylvans, #c.] This line recalls a pathetic little ballad, in Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy : 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 true, From my hour of birth : Upon my buried body... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 522 pages
...illustrative of this mode of decorating the funerals of females who had been disappointed in love. Lay a garland on my hearse Of the dismal yew, Maidens willow branches wear, Say I died true. My love was false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, J ! ;• Upon my buried body lie Lightly,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1829 - 346 pages
...in 1619, where it is sung by Aspatia, being introduced by a short dialogue between her and Evadne. 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 bury'd body... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...graves, &c. We conclude with an exquisite Love Lament, from Beaumont and Fletcher's Maid's Tragedy. 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... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - Cooking, English - 1835 - 412 pages
...Night, we read My shroud of white, all stuck with yew. Again, in a song, by Beaumont 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 From my hour of birth : Upon my buried... | |
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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... 
