 COME, sleep ; O sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof, shield me from out the prease Of those...  The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy ... - Page 100371901Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 pages
...Wives of Windsor : " Come sleepe, O sleepe, the certain knot of peace, " The bathing place of wits, the balm of woe, " The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's..." The indifferent judge between the high and low." . The late Mr. Gray had, perhaps, our author's "death «f each day's life" in his thoughts, when he... | |
 | 1876 - 592 pages
...following lines of Sidney : — * 2 Hen. IV., iii. 1 ; Macbeth, iii. 4 ; Night- Thoughts, book i. ' The certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit,...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low.' To what extent subsequent inspiration has been assisted by his exquisite sonnet, commencing ' With... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...best specimens of his poetry. I have only offered a few short ones. TO SLEEP. FROM THE ARCADIA. COME sleep, O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place...woe ; The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Th' indifferent judge between the high and low. With shield of proof shield me from out the prease... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...and Stella's heart. Sonnet 39. Come sleep, — O sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low; With shield of proof, shield me from out the press Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw :... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 528 pages
...Wives of Windsor ? " Come sleepe, O sleepe, the certain knot of peace, " The bathing place of wits, the balm of woe, " The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's..." The indifferent judge between the high and low." So also, in The Famous Historie of George Lord Fuuconbridge, &c. bl. l. " Yet sleep, the comforter... | |
 | 1823 - 696 pages
...ungratefulness there a virtue ? п. Come, Sleep, О Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place e ; Spake, ahV With shield of proof shield me from out the presse * Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...call virtue there ungratefulness? Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place ts he had ; for who from faults is free ? His father...would not see. Some warm excesses which the law f With shield of proof shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darte, Despair at me doth throw... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...do lovers prove ; They love indeed, who quake to say they love. TO SLEEP. [From the Arcadia.] COME, sleep, O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place...woe ; The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Th' indifferent judge between the high and low. With shield of proof shield me from out the prease... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...like paths to our eyes. — Oisian. Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low. — Sidneg, acts. THE DIONYSIA were solemnities in memory of Bacchus, the Osiris of the Egyptians,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pages
...woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof shield me from out the prease * Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw ; 0 make in me those civil wars to cease : 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me... | |
| |
