| English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head Infest, But such as ranks" reason, or polite to please. Oh ! while along...shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triu son. Sleep Is a death ; — Oh 1 make me try. By sleeping, what It Is to die 1 And as gently lay my... | |
| Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest But such as angels sung, That GOD WITH us was born : And they...then, To God on high all glory be ; For peace on ea vigor run My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; oh, make me try By sleeping what it... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest But such as Jacob's temples blest. Whilst faces, Till our hearts turn, our heads with pulses...walls turn in their places : Turns the sky in the аз active vigor run My course, as doth the nimble snn. Sleep is a death ; oh, make me try, By sleeping,... | |
| Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...those watchful foes, Whoso eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as a book that all may niay, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought ; And wilb as active vigor run My course... | |
| Baptist union - 1881 - 456 pages
...unto some holy thought; And my glad soul, once more set free, Rejoice, that she is still with Thee. 4 Sleep is a death ; 0 make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die; And then, as gently, lay my head Within my grave, as on my bed. SIB THOMAS BEOWNE. 1642. Q01 LM O&L Abide... | |
| Congregational Union of England and Wales - Congregational churches - 1881 - 338 pages
...while mine close ; Let no ill dreams my sleep infest. But suoh as Jacob's slumbers blest ; 4 That so I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought; And with an active vigour run My course, as doth the unwearied sun. 6 Sleep is a death : O make me try By sleeping... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1882 - 220 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; — Oh make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die ! And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now... | |
| Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...thoso watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as That doubt and trouble, fear and pain And anguish,...weary deserts we may tread, A dreary labyrinth may vigor run My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death; oh! make me try, By sleeping, what it... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 pages
...eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest But such as Jacob's temples blest. Whilst I do rest, my soul advance; Make my sleep a holy trance : Awake into some holy thought, That I may, my rest being wrought, And with as active vigor run My... | |
| Edwin Francis Hatfield - Hymn writers - 1884 - 744 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance,...holy trance, That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake unto some holy thought, And with as active vigor run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a... | |
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