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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 plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copy ... - Page 385
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 566 pages
...to Sleep. ** " Oh Sleep — oh gentle Sleep — Nature's soft nurse — how have I frighted thee 1 That thou, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and occasionally in his plays, we should...
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The Southern Review, Volume 6

1830 - 570 pages
...to Sleep. . " Oh Sleep—oh gentle SleepNature's soft nurse—how h'ave I frighted thee 1 That thon, no more, wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, &c." But for some redeeming passages in Jonson's masques, and 'occasionally in his plays, we should...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 522 pages
...good speed. [Exit Pu*/e. 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...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 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 perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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Cambrian and Caledonian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory, Volume 5

1833 - 642 pages
...APOSTROPHE TO SLEEP. " SLEEP, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That tliou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perFumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starkly3 in the traveller's bones. 5— iv. 2. 157 Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 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...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the Great, Under the...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...lock'd up in sleep, as guiltless labour When it lies starklyf in the traveller's bones. 5— iv.2. 157, Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...speed. [Exit Page. 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...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 554 pages
...Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, Are at this hour asleep!—O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And...smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great, Under the...
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