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" Or painful to his slumbers: easy, light, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses: sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain. Into this prince, gently, oh gently slide; And kiss him into slumbers, like a bride. "
The North American Review - Page 83
edited by - 1846
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...senseless sleep. BEAUMONT : Queen of Corinth. Care-charming sleep, thou easer of all woes, Hrother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose On this afflicted...give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers; easy.sweet [light?]. And as a purling stream, thou spn of night, Pass by his troubled senses, sing...
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A treasury of English sonnets, ed. with notes by D.M. Main

David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...tragedy of I'alentinian, may also be quoted for its points of resemblance (ed. Dyce, 1844, v, 297) : 1 Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother...sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, 1 Dr. Grosart has effectually vindicated Griffin's authorship of the sonnet in The Passionate Pilgrime...
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Literary Studies from the Great British Authors

Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 474 pages
...just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. * TO SLEEP. Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother...cloud In gentle showers ; give nothing that is loud 5 Or painful to his slumbers ; easy, sweet [light] , And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass...
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Literary Studies from the Great British Authors

Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 476 pages
...in short measures life may perfect be. 10 BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. TO SLEEP. Care-charming Sleep, them easer of all woes, Brother to Death, sweetly thyself...cloud In gentle showers ; give nothing that is loud 5 Or painful to his slumbers; easy, sweet [light], And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass...
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An Empire of Information: Uniting Four Regions of Thought ...

John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...of people. In faith, this lyrical co-partnership also gave to the world some sweet music. Hark you: Care-charming sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother...sweetly thyself dispose On this afflicted prince; tail like a cloud In gentle showers; give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers; easy, light,...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...woes, Brother to Death, sweeMy thyself dispose Ou this afflicted prince : fall like a cloud lu geutlu showers ; give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers ; easy. swe«t [light ?J, Ajid as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Puss by his troubled senses, sing his...
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Treasury of English Sonnets. Ed. from the Original Sources with Notes and ...

David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...be quoted for its points of resemblance (ed. Dyce, 1844, v, 297): ' Care-charming Sleep, thou eascr of all woes, Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose...sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, 1 Dr. Grosart has effectually vindicated Griffin's authorship of the sonnet in The Pussionate nigrinte...
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Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...substance of his greatness ; To which I leave him. SONG FROM "VALENTINIAN." Care-charming Sleep, thon iue : Who sweeps a room as for thy laws Makes la gentle showers ; give nothing that is loud Or painfnl to his slumbers ; easy, sweet, And as a purling...
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Old favourites from the elder poets, with a few newer friends, a selection ...

Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pages
...silence, fall in numbers On your eyelids ! so farewell ! Thus I end my evening knell. SOFTLY HE SLUMBERS. Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, Brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose, .... And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses, sing his pain, Like hollow...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...substance of his greatness ; To which I leave him. SONG FROM "VALENTINIAN." Care-charming Sleep, thon caser ing star, day's harbinger. Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her sou of Night, I'ass by his troubled senses; sing his pain, Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain....
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