 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. Not a flower, not a flower...  Comedies - Page 768by William Shakespeare - 1901Full 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 520 pages
...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 cypress...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...use to chauut it: it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...use to chant it : it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, 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... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...innocence of love, J <ikc the old age. Clo-cn. Are you ready, sir ? Duke. Ay ; pr'ythec, sing. SONG. C&nrn. 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, rot a flower iweet, On my... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 590 pages
...MONTHLY MAGAZINE. MR. WITHERING'S CONSUMPTION AND ITS CURE: A DOMESTIC EXTRAVAGANZA. BY THE EDITOR. Come away, come away, death And in sad cypress let...am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, all stack with yew, Oh, prepare it ! TWELFTH NIGHT. CHAP. I. " AND who was Mr. Withering ?" Mr. Withering,... | |
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