Lay a garland on my hearse

General information

Lyricists: Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher.

Settings by composers

• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry T solo
• Robert Lucas Pearsall SSAATTBB (1st person changed to 3rd person feminine in text)

Texts and Translations

English text

Lay a garland on my 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.