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...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...observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, VOL. i. 1 3 that none but svreet- scented evergreens and flowers should be employed. The intention...

...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...natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine arid elevate the mind ; and we have a proof of it in the purity of sentiment and the unaffected elegance...

...my hearse Of the dismal yew, Maidens willow branches wear, Say I died true. My love waa false, but I was firm, From my hour of birth, Upon my buried body...elegance of thought, which pervaded the whole of these fiineral observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, that none but sweet-scented evergreens and...

...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. Why has the yew been called "double fatal ?" (Shakspeare.) Because the leaves of the yew are poison,...

...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...unaffected elegance of thought which pervaded the wl\ole of these funeral observances. Thus, it was an especial precaution, that none but sweetscented...