Poetry of the English Renaissance, 1509-1660John William Hebel, Hoyt Hopewell Hudson |
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... sleep with drowsi- ness 20 Had over - pressed our might ; A glass wherein we may behold Each storm that stops our breath , Our bed the grave , our clothes like mold , And sleep like dreadful death . Yet , as this deadly night did last ...
... sleep with drowsi- ness 20 Had over - pressed our might ; A glass wherein we may behold Each storm that stops our breath , Our bed the grave , our clothes like mold , And sleep like dreadful death . Yet , as this deadly night did last ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep . Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now the world , and dreams themselves , were drowned In deadly sleep ; the laborer ...
... sleep , who fain his eyes in rest would steep . Why then at death do weary mortals weep ? Sleep's but a shorter death , death's but a longer sleep . And now the world , and dreams themselves , were drowned In deadly sleep ; the laborer ...
Contents
JOHN SKELTON | 3 |
HENRY HOWARD EARL OF SURREY | 27 |
MINOR COURTLY MAKERS OF HENRY VIIIS REIGN | 41 |
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