 Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear, first uttered from my orchard trees ; And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry. Even thus last night, and two nights more, I lay, And could not win thee, Sleep ! by any stealth : So do not let me...  Odes and Sonnets, Illustrated - Page 901859 - 107 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Stretch Dowse - 1884 - 184 pages
...Imagination "), gives what I think is a very true description of sleeplessness and its pains : — A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; I have thought of all by turn, and yet do lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Richard Chenevix Trench - Sonnets, English - 1884 - 304 pages
...of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! A "*" Co Sleep. FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after one...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; I have thought of all by turns, and yet I lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...such gleam Of all things, that at last in fear I shrink, And leap at once from the delicious stream. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by,...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky; I've thought of all by turns; and still I lie Sleepless; and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by,...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; I've thought of all by turns ; and still I lie Sleepless ; and soon the small birds' melodies Must... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1885 - 300 pages
...own sweet will : Dear God ! the very houses seem asleep ; And all that mighty heart is lying still ! TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after one ; the sound of rain, and bocs Murmuring ; the fall of rivers, winds, and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure... | |
 | William Sharp - English poetry - 1886 - 424 pages
...cause Is gone : our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. CCLX. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by,...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky By turns have all been thought of, yet I lie Sleepless; and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | William Sharp - English poetry - 1886 - 402 pages
...cause Is gone : our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws. CCLXV. TO SLEEP, A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by,...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky By turns have all been thought of, yet I lie Sleepless ; and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1886 - 568 pages
...flower upon the ground, And little motion in the air Except the mill-wheel's sound. PB Shelley CCLXVI TO SLEEP A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; — I've thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless ; and soon the small birds' melodies... | |
 | David M. Main - Sonnets, English - 1886 - 342 pages
...fast almost as they, The immortal Spirit of one happy day Lingers beside that Rill, in vision clear. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by,...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ;I've thought of all by turns, and yet do lie Sleepless ; and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | Duchess - 1887 - 358 pages
...calls on sleep to come to her, but all in vain ; each well-known remedy she tries, yet fails in all. A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by One after...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ;— I,ve thought of all by turns, and still I lie Sleepless. The dawning of the morn finds her still... | |
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