 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 in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with...  The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature - Page 454by Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 346 pages
...speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Areatthisnourasleep! — O sleep, O gtntle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,...And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, aleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And Ini-hM with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...whatever. One dead uniform silence reigned over the whole region." Burke. 72. Apostrophe to sleep, Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness 7 5 Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | England - 1829 - 282 pages
...lowest of his subjects. " How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are, at this hour, asleep! Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...Soliloquy on Sleep. — SHAKESPEARE. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted...in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoaky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night flies to thy slumber.... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 pages
...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...lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody; O thou dull God ! why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch A watch-case or a common... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 506 pages
...my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — bleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how hare I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids...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,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of Hie must more be heard. Id, O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfutneu ! Id. I have read in ancient authors invitations to lay aside care and anxiety, and give... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 pages
...speed. [Exit Page. 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...with sounds of sweetest melody ? O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds ; and leav'st the kingly couch, A watch-case, or a... | |
 | 1830 - 566 pages
...to Sleep. ** " Oh Sleep — oh gentle Sleep — Nature's soft nurse — how have I frighted thee 1 That thou, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and occasionally in his plays, we should... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pages
...to Sleep. . " Oh Sleep—oh gentle SleepNature's soft nurse—how h'ave I frighted thee 1 That thon, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and 'occasionally in his plays, we should... | |
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