 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 页
...SHAKSPEARE. APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thec, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...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... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 页
...FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed by buzzing night flies to... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 页
...speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjeets Are at this hour asleep ! — O sleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, licst thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flics... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 208 页
...departed this life, to the great grief of all the family. HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. SHAKSPEABH. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 页
...clay, Be THOU the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! SCOTT. SLEEP. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 页
...palace-window the silent dwellings in a sleeping city, gives utterance to that beautiful apostrophe to sleep : "How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
 | 1856 - 518 页
...would not, in mine age, Have left me naked to mine enemies. SHAKSPEAJU25. SOLILOQUY OF HENRY IV. 0 SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...steep my senses in forgetfulness '? Why rather, sleep, Rest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | 1856 - 398 页
...FOURTH'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! О gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather, Sleep, li 'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | 1856 - 570 页
...shining Grlories men pursue, When thou art wanted, are but empty noise. Sir T. Brown. , — Shakspeare. 0 GENTLE Sleep, Nature's soft Nurse, how have I frighted...steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 页
...— my boy ? Tell me of him and no other ! How's my boy — my boy ? TO SLEEP. SHAKSPERE. How many of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! •...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
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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. 
