 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 And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou...  Horace: with notes by C. Girdlestone and W.A. Osborne - Page 81by Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1848 - 12 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...liest thou in smoky cribs, I pou uneasy fmllet* stretching thee, Aud huslit with buzzing night-Hies to thy slumber; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of easily- state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody ? Shitksptarr. His secretary was laid in a... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh mine eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush' d with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great. Under... | |
 | England - 1829 - 282 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, I 3 And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 816 pages
...perfumer is a dealer jn perfumes. Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, And husht with bu-mng night-flies to thy slumber. Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, t.'nder the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody ? Shaktpeare. Pomanders... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching tliee, And hush'd with buzzing night- flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...down, And steep my serlses in for'getfulness f • • 5 Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky crib's, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber : Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, 10 And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | 1830 - 566 pages
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 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness : Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, , And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
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