 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 trang
...SHAKSPEARE. APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thec, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 trang
...FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed by buzzing night flies to... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 trang
...speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjeets Are at this hour asleep ! — O sleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, licst thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flics... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 trang
...departed this life, to the great grief of all the family. HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. SHAKSPEABH. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 trang
...clay, Be THOU the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! SCOTT. SLEEP. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 trang
...palace-window the silent dwellings in a sleeping city, gives utterance to that beautiful apostrophe to sleep : "How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | 1856 - 518 trang
...would not, in mine age, Have left me naked to mine enemies. SHAKSPEAJU25. SOLILOQUY OF HENRY IV. 0 SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...steep my senses in forgetfulness '? Why rather, sleep, Rest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | 1856 - 398 trang
...FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! О gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather, Sleep, li 'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | 1856 - 570 trang
...shining Grlories men pursue, When thou art wanted, are but empty noise. Sir T. Brown. , — Shakspeare. 0 GENTLE Sleep, Nature's soft Nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 trang
...— my boy ? Tell me of him and no other ! How's my boy — my boy ? TO SLEEP. SHAKSPERE. How many of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! •...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
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How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. 
