...her i'the earth ; — And from her fair and unpolluted flesh, May violets spring33 ! — I tellthee, churlish priest, A minist'ring angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling. •"' Shards, quasi shreds (as Tooke says"), the past participle of the verb fcyfian, to sheer, cat...

...paint an inch thick, to this favour* she must come; make her laugh at that. OPHELIA'S INTERMENT. Lay her i' the earth; And from her fair and unpolluted...flesh, May violets spring! — I tell thee, churlish priast, A ministering angel shall my sister he, When thou liest howling. MELANCHOLY. This is mere madness:...

...he sank down again on the bank where he sat, fainting, exhausted, and insensible. CHAPTER XIII. Lay her i' the earth ; and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring ! HAMLET. THE climate of Jamaica — at least the lowland part of it — being at once hot and moist,...

...flesh, Mny violets spring ! — I tell thee, churlish priest, A iniuiM 'i in- angel shall my sister he, When thou liest howling. Ham. What, the fair Ophelia ! Queen. Sweets to the sweet: Farewell! \ticatlering f 'lowert. I hop'd,thou shonld'st have heen my Hamlet's wife; I thought, thy hride-hed...

...Serie'. 1. . PL. Л HAMLET. Act. V. Scene- 1. SEÍUES Г.. HAMLET. ACT V- SCEME I. LAERTES. Lay bcr i1 the earth; — And from her fair and unpolluted flesh, May violets spring! — [ tell thce, cliurlish priest, A minist' ring angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling....

...of the dead, To sing a requiem,9 and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Laer. Lay her i'the earth ; — And from her fair and unpolluted flesh, May violets spring ! — I tell tliee, churlish priest, A minisl'ruig angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howlinj. Ham. What,...

...the dead. To sing a retjv.it >' ¡ and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Laer. Lay her i'the earth :— And from her fair and unpolluted flesh,...violets spring !— I tell thee, churlish priest, A niinisl'ring angel shall my sister be, When thou liest howling-. Ham. What, the fair Ophelia . Queen....

...of ihe dead, To sing a requiem,' and such rest to her As to peace-parted souls. Laer. Lav her i'the earth :— And from her fair and unpolluted flesh, May violets spring !— I tell tin r, churlish priesl A ininist'ring anscl shall fty sister be, When thou tiest howling. Ham. What,...

...in Hamlet, ("that piece of Shakspeare's which appears to have most affected English hearts,"*) Lay her i' the earth ; — And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring. The appropriateness of spring-flowers for this rite is also touched upon by Herrick : — Virgins promis'd...

...her fair and unpolluted flesh, Hay violets spring ! — I tell thee, churlish priest, A unimt'ring f Qmten. Sweets to the sweet : Farewell t [Scattering Flowers. 1 hop'd, thon s bo u hist have been...