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" 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... "
The Southern Review - Page 115
1830
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 434 pages
...no more wilt weigh my eye-lids dowo, And steep my senses in forgetfulness? Why rather, Sleep, ly'st thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee. And hush'd with bnzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfnm'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies...
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A view of society and manners in Italy

John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 470 pages
...! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee. That thou no more wilt weigh ray eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with busy night.flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 2

John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...mouth of this monarch.— O Sleep ! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...forgetfulness ? Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribj, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with busy night-flies to thy slumber ; Than...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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 down, And...senses in forgetfulness ? Why rathe'r, Sleep, liest thoii in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night flies to thy...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...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 down, And steep my senses in fdrgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs. Upon un.ea.sy pallet's stretching thee,...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how ha,ve I frighted thee. That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down-, And steep my senses inforgetfulness"? Why rather, sleep, liestthou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 17

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 510 pages
...repeated tragic O was probably a playhouse intrusion. Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...And hush'd with 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...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 17

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pages
...tragic O was probably a playhouse intrusion. STEEVENS. , Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forge tfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...
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The Poetical Common-place Book: Consisting of an Original Selection of ...

English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...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 down, And...And hush'd with 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...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...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 down, And...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...
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