...Soliloquy on Sleefi.— SHAKESPEARE. HOW many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse \ how have I frighted...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,...

...SMoquy on Sleefi.— SHAKESPEARE. HOW many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how ha,ve I frighted...more wilt weigh my eyelids down-, And steep my senses inforgetfulness"? Why rather, sleep, liestthou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee,...

...subject. JL A Are at this hour asleep ( O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse ! how have I fri|hted fhee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And...in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoakv cribs Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, ' And hush'd with buzzing night flies to thy slumber...

...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 thee. That thou no more wilt weigh ray eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather. Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs,...

...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...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 of sweetest...

...: " 0 sleep, O gentle sleep." The repeated tragic O was probably a playhouse intrusion. STEEVENS. , Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That...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,...

...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...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 of sweetest...

...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...

...from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence." Shakespeare, Ibid. •— • — — " Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfilness!" Shakespeare, Hen. IV. " In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various,...

...Make good speed. — [Ex. Page. How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! — Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have...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 of sweetest...