 | 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... | |
 | John Thurston - 1830 - 176 pages
...litter but one. K. Henry. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! — Sleep ! gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted...eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Act III. Scene I. Dol. I'll tell thee what, thou damned tripe-visaged rascal; an the child I now... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...in some mournful tune, But marred not his slumbers. — He was dead! HENRY IV.'s SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...good speed. [Exit Pu*/e. 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 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... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 642 pages
...APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. " SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That tliou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...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... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1833 - 518 pages
...Richard, 11. Act III. Sc. 2. Not less successfully is life and action given even to sleep: King Henry. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this...wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulncss 1 Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,... | |
 | 1859 - 980 pages
...Henry's familiar soliloquy ': "How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! 0 gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse! How have I frighted...eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Wliy rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...cease, Sits like the ruler of the storm, And smiles the winds to peace. HENRY IV.'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this...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 the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starkly3 in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starklyf in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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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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... 
