...that he had said more than enough, and turning away from her, singing in a low, subdued voice, " ' Call unto his funeral dole, The ant, the field-mouse,...mole, To raise him hillocks that shall keep him warm,' " he looked out of the window, where Mrs. Maude had already planted herself. 3'2 33 he was then ; save...

...written by John Webster, about the year 1630, has an allusion to it : — " Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,...leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of uuburieil men. " Call unto his funeral dole, The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To raise him hillock...

...simple, homely ditties in Shakespeare : — " Call for the rubin-red-breast and the wren, Slnce-o'cr shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless hodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole, The ant, the field-moose, and the mole, To raise...

...the robin redbreaft and the wren, Since o'er Jbady groves they hover, And with leaves and ftovcers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call...funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that Jball keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) suftain no harm : But keep...

...(17th century), in the ' Duchesfc of Malfi,' alludes to them thus : — " Call for the robin redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,...flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men." And Mr. Harting has noticed Shakspeare's and Isaak Walton's allusions to this charity of the " honest...

...hear them, — Ding, dong, Bell. XLVH A LAND DIRGE /~"*ALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, V_x Since o'er shady groves they hover And with leaves...funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep...

...are prominent throughout Webster's chief works. Here are one or two instances. First, a dirge : — Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with flowers and leaves do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant,...

...'Duchess of Malfi ' and other dramas. Mr. Dyce has made a collection of his writings. (London, 1830).] LL for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady...funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm And (when gay tombs are robb'd) sustain no harm ; But keep...

...five thy father lies)." There is a pretty piece by Webster, called " A Land Dirge," and beginning " Call for the robin-redbreast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover.'' There is the beautiful " Diaphenia," by H. Constable. Marlowe's ' Passionate Shepherd " might properly...

...worn-out emigrant could not even hope for the quiet grave desired in that grand old English dirge, Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole, To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm, And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm ; But keep...