 | Charles Lamb - 1869 - 852 pages
...there a virtue ? Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace The baiting place of wit, the halm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof shield me from out the preact * Of those fierce durts despair at me doth tnrow;... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 322 pages
...and yet Those lovers scorn, whom that love doth possess ? Do they call virtue there ungratefulness ? COME, sleep ; O sleep ! the certain knot of peace,...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof, shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw.... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...begin to' endite. XXVII SONNET. Come Sleep, O Sleep, that certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent Judge between the high and low; With shield of proof shield me from out the prease 5 Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw.... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...ungratefulness? INVOCATION TO SLEEP. E, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low. With shield of proof shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts, Despair at me doth throw... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...idle fancy wrought : 0, let my joys have some abiding ! BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. SLEEP. COME, Sleep, 0 aved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze...through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; With shield of proof shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw ;... | |
 | 1842 - 330 pages
...his powers, even unto Stella's grace. In a further beautiful Sonnet occurs this fanciful apostrophe to Sleep : Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Ths mdifferent... | |
 | Philip Sidney - History - 1983 - 580 pages
...that unkind guest had slain. 39 Come sleep! O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place1 of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low; With shield of proof shield me from out the prease2 5 Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw;... | |
 | Bill Moore - Cooking - 1987 - 180 pages
...draws us toward bed and sleep. Come, sleep! O, sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Th' indifferent judge between the high and low. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY I wonder who wrote first, Sidney... | |
 | George T. Wright - Poetry - 1988 - 366 pages
...how this works in Sonnet 39: Come sleep, | O sleep, | the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor | man's wealth, | the prisoner's release, Th'indifferent Judge between the high and low, With shield of proof | shield me | from out the preasc... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...comprehension. There is something bovine about them. JB Priestley (1894-1984) British writer Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place...woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Th'indifferent judge between the high and low. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English poet, critic,... | |
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Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low! 
