In Earth, Dirge from Vittoria Corombona
CALL for the robin-redbreast and the wren,Since o’er shady groves they hover,And with leaves and flowers do coverThe friendless bodies of unburied men.Call unto his funeral doleThe ant, the field-mouse, and the moleTo rear him hillocks that shall keep him warmAnd (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.
WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN 1585–1649