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... sleep in rest , His heart in quiet , like a desperate man Grows lunatic and childish for his son : Sometimes as he doth at his table sit , He speaks as if Horatio stood by him . Then starting in a rage , falls on the earth , Cries out ...
... sleep in rest , His heart in quiet , like a desperate man Grows lunatic and childish for his son : Sometimes as he doth at his table sit , He speaks as if Horatio stood by him . Then starting in a rage , falls on the earth , Cries out ...
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Charles Lamb. And those that should be powerful and divine , Do sleep in darkness when they most should shine . Ped . Provoke them not , fair sir , with tempting words ; The heavens are gracious ; and your miseries And sorrow make you ...
Charles Lamb. And those that should be powerful and divine , Do sleep in darkness when they most should shine . Ped . Provoke them not , fair sir , with tempting words ; The heavens are gracious ; and your miseries And sorrow make you ...
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... sleeps with sound the waters make For joy to feed the fount with their recourse ; Let all the grass that beautifies her bower Bear manna every morn instead of dew ; Or let the dew be sweeter far than that That hangs like chains of pearl ...
... sleeps with sound the waters make For joy to feed the fount with their recourse ; Let all the grass that beautifies her bower Bear manna every morn instead of dew ; Or let the dew be sweeter far than that That hangs like chains of pearl ...
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... sleep To lay his golden sceptre on her brows . [ There is more of the same stuff , but I suppose the reader has a sur feit ; especially as this Canticle of David has never been suspected to contain any pious sense couched underneath it ...
... sleep To lay his golden sceptre on her brows . [ There is more of the same stuff , but I suppose the reader has a sur feit ; especially as this Canticle of David has never been suspected to contain any pious sense couched underneath it ...
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... sleep , One plays continually upon a drum . They give me bread and water , being a king ; So that , for want of sleep and sustenance , My mind's distemper'd , and my body's numb'd , And whether I have limbs or no , I know not . O ...
... sleep , One plays continually upon a drum . They give me bread and water , being a king ; So that , for want of sleep and sustenance , My mind's distemper'd , and my body's numb'd , And whether I have limbs or no , I know not . O ...
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