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" Call for the robin-red-breast and the wren,
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flow'rs do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.
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 the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,
For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
Let holy Church receive him duly,
Since he paid the church-tithes truly. "

John Webster , The White Devil


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John Webster quote : Call for the robin-red-breast and the wren,<br /> Since o'er shady groves they hover, <br /> And with leaves and flow'rs do cover<br />The friendless bodies of unburied men.<br /> Call unto his funeral dole<br /> The ant, the field-mouse and the mole,<br />To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm,<br />And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm,<br />But keep the wolf far thence, that's foe to men,<br />For with his nails he'll dig them up again.<br />Let holy Church receive him duly,<br />Since he paid the church-tithes truly.