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
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1833 - 1140 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? 2 perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...CRIBS', Upon uneaty pallets stretching thee', *P(UA. 1Sls'tem. 0M6'ments. 'tMe. «Na'tshftrz. And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber'. Than in...the GREAT', Under the canopies of costly state', And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody'? &, thou dull pod'! Why liest thou with the rife', In loathsome... | |
| 1859 - 980 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Wliy 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 perfunvd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly... | |
| Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgelfulness ! Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the pcrfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of cosily state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 556 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh ray eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in 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 the... | |
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