FUNERAL FLOWERS. K>7 



f n this burial scene of poor Ophena, we find 

 the priest saying : 



" Hero she is allowed her virgin rites, 



Her maiden strewments." 



Some editions have it "her virgin cranls." that 

 is, garlands. Her brother, Laertes, says : 



" Lay her i' the earth; 



And from her fair and unpolluted flesh 

 May violets spring." 



