 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 - 1803 - 154 pages
...poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have 1 frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forget fulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...many thousands of my poorest subject* Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness I "Why rather , Sleep , lay'st thou in smoaky cribs ? Upon uneasy... | |
 | CHARLES MAYO, L.L.B. - 1804 - 582 pages
...many thousand of my poorest subjects are at this hour asleep!—O gentle Sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids dpwn, and steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, upon uneasy... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - Solitude - 1804 - 406 pages
...my poorefl fubjefts " Arc at this hour afleep ! — O, Sleep, O, gentle Sleep! " Nature's foftnurfe, how have I frighted thee, " That thou no more wilt weigh my eylids down, " And ftccp my fenfes in forgetfulnt fs ? " Why rather, Sleep, ly'ftthouon fmoaky cribs,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 480 pages
...thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1806 - 360 pages
...thoufands of my pooreft fubjects Are at this hour afleep !—O fleep, 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 fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee, And hufh'd with buzzing night-ffies... | |
 | Solomon Hodgson - Conduct of life - 1806 - 362 pages
...thoufands of my pooreft fubje&s Are at this hour afleep ! — O fleep, O gentle fleep, Nature's foft nurfe, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And fteep my fenfes in forgetf ulnefs ? Why rather, fleep, ly'ft thou in fmoky cribs, Upon uneafy pallets ftretching thee,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...wavering multitude, Can play upon it. On SLEEP. (SHAKESPEARE.) -O GEN TIE Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoaky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep! — Sleep, 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 ? Why rather, sleep, Hest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets... | |
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