— 
FUNERAL FLOWERS. 
In this burial scene of poor Ophelia, we find 
the priest saying :— 
“ -Here she is allowed her virgin rites, 
Her maiden strewments.” 
Some editions have it (( her virgin crants that 
is, garlands. Her brother, Laertes, says :— 
“ -Lay her i' the earth; 
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh 
May violets spring.” 
U 
—I 
i 
157 
i 
