| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...come, bid them o'er-read these letters, And well consider of them : Make good speed. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! —...night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 pages
...of them: Make good speed. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep!—Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...bid them o'er-read these letters, And w«ll consider of them : Make good speed. /He How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! —...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perftim'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...a sleepless king : " How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! 0 sleep, 0 gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...smoky cribs Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with busy night flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...even to sleep: € King Henry. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...o'er-read these letters, And well consider of them : Make good speed. — tJExit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! —...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the periftim'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 508 pages
...reads: " O sleep, O gentle sleep." The repeated tragic O was probably a playhouse intrusion. STEEVENS, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That...buzzing night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state. And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
| English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. SHAKSPEARE. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
| John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...King Henry the Fourth : — How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O ! gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with busy night-flies to thy slumbers, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...o'er-read these letters, And well consider of them : Make good speed. — [Ex. Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! —...night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody... | |
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