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" How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down... "
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies ... - Page 351
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1851 - 592 pages
...with Solomon : — " How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night Шее to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...good speed. [Exit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep,* Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzmg night-flies to thy slumber; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of...
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The Port Folio

1808 - 436 pages
...tossing on the couch of Care, and perhaps exclaimed, like another prince, in similar perplexity, Sleep, gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-fties to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...Make good speed. /He How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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...
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ...

New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...relish as we ought the matchless language which the Master puts into the mouth of a sleepless king : " How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this...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...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...Soliloquy on Sleeft. — SHAKESPEARE HOW many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I frighted...in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoaky cribs, Upon uneasy paltets stretching thee, And httsh'd with booing night flies to thy slumber,...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...speed. — tJExit Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 2

John Moore - 1820 - 476 pages
...road. Shakespeare puts the following Address to Sleep into the mouth of this monarch.— O Sleep ! O gentle Sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...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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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 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...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...HENRY IV'S SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP. How many thousands of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perkim'd chambers of the Great, Under the canopies of costly state,. And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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