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... Elements of Criticism - Page 67by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1773 - 504 pages
...How many thonfands of my pooreft i'uhjefts Are at this hour afleep 1 O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, * That thou no more...And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ilretching thee, And hnfht with buzzing night-flies... | |
| Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - Didactic drama, English - 1775 - 626 pages
...nigbt-ggviit, How many thoufands of my pooreft fubjefls Are at this hour afleep ! O gentle deep, Nature's foft nurfe ! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, » In the Tempeft. •f As I know of no ftory that this cireumflanoe can be applied to, it majr be... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1777 - 348 pages
...How many thoufands of my pooreft fubjecls Are at this hour afleep ! Oh gentle Sleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more...fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ! Why rather, Sleep, lieft thou in fmoaky huts, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thec, And hu(h'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
| John Moore - Character sketches - 1781 - 542 pages
...Sleep, into the mouth of this monarch : . O Sleep ! O gentle Sleep! Nature's foft nurfe, how have 1 frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids...fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, Sleep, lieft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with bufy night-flies to... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1784 - 1118 pages
...of my pooreft fubjecls Are at this hourafleep !— О deep, О gentle fleep. Nature's foft nurt'e, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down; And fteep my fenfes in forgelfulnefs .' < Meaning, thou ¡nexhauftible magazioc of ullowt I « 4 Why Why rather, fleep, ly'ft... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...HO W many thoufands of my pooreft fubjefts Are at this hour afleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more...fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ! Why rather, Sleep, lay'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies... | |
| Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...SHAKESPEAR. HOW many Thoufands of my pooreft Subje&s Are at this Hour afleep ! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's loft Nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my Eye-lids down. And fteep my Senfes in forg.-tfulnels ? Why rather, Sieep, lyefl thou in finoaky Huts, Upon uneaiy Pallets ftretching... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1789 - 712 pages
...thoufand of my pooreft fubje&s Are at this hour aflcep ! — O fleep, O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And deep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...Uneafy lies the head that wears a crown. Henry IV. P. 2, A. 3, S. i. O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more...eye-lids down, And fteep my fenfes in forgetfulnefs ? Henry IV. P. 2, A. 3, S. i. Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching... | |
| Prolusiones - 1788 - 210 pages
...~f" TOW many thoufands of my pooreft fubjefts Are at this hour afleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more...in forgetfulnefs ! Why rather, Sleep, ly'ft thou in fmoaky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets rtretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-flies to thy flumber;... | |
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