 | Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 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 high canopies of costly state And lull'd with sound of sweetest... | |
 | Sir John Denham - English poetry - 1928 - 386 pages
...collected edition. 2 1668, Somnus. This was corrected in the errata. 1671, as above. 1684, as above. ' "Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of greatest melody." Henry IV, part II: Act HI, Sc. i, II. 9-14. NEWS FROM COLCHESTER1 OR, A... | |
 | William Peacock - American poetry - 1928 - 476 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 sound of sweetest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1928 - 200 pages
...Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Macbeth 11, 2 Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody? O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...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...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 sound of sweetest... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Drama - 1840 - 344 pages
...slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great. Under the canopies of costly state, And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody ? O, thou dull god,...vile In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch, • Actiii. Sc. 1. A watch-case, or a common 'larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal... | |
 | Stephen Greenblatt - Drama - 1988 - 226 pages
...of histrionic rhetoric but as a private meditation, the innermost thoughts of a troubled, weary man: 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 sound of sweetest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...iorgetfulness? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And husht r great progenitors had conquered? — O, Warwick,...utter loss of all the realm of France. EARL OF WARW sound of sweetest melody? O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leaves... | |
 | Louis Lewin - Health & Fitness - 1998 - 310 pages
...frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weight my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? , . . O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loathsome...leav'st the kingly couch A watch-case or a common 'larum-bell? . . . Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose? Ill Mental and physical fatigue finally... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 1958 - 336 pages
...Richard III and Richard II, with strength and weakness, determination and repentance, intermingling: Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon...Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody? O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leav'st... | |
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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 buzzing... 
