英语词汇gone where the woodbine twineth的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gone where the woodbine twineth. Woodbine is a honey- suckle (Lonicera periclymenum) that was often planted on graves in years past. An 1870 song written as a tribute to those who died in the bloody Civil War went: “Then go where the wood- bine twineth,/ When spring is bright and fair,/ And to the sol- dier’s resting place/ Some little tribute bear.” From this song by Septimus Winner the expression gone where the woodbine twi- neth came to mean someone who had died, or even someone who had gone someplace from which he would never return.

词汇	gone where the woodbine twineth
词源	gone where the woodbine twineth. Woodbine is a honey- suckle (Lonicera periclymenum) that was often planted on graves in years past. An 1870 song written as a tribute to those who died in the bloody Civil War went: “Then go where the wood- bine twineth,/ When spring is bright and fair,/ And to the sol- dier’s resting place/ Some little tribute bear.” From this song by Septimus Winner the expression gone where the woodbine twi- neth came to mean someone who had died, or even someone who had gone someplace from which he would never return.
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