 Sleepless! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear, first uttered from my orchard trees; And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry. Even thus last night, and two nights more, I lay, And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth: So do not let me wear...  The Southern literary messenger - Pagina 1461859Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Alexander Dyce - 1833 - 240 pagini
...faintly on the painful past, Compose my decent head, and breathe my last ! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...thought of, yet I lie Sleepless ; and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear, first utter'd from my orchard trees ; And the first Cuckoo's melancholy... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1837 - 376 pagini
...slave of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! XIV. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; I thought of all by turns, and yet I lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must hear,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pagini
...example of a sonnet? A. The following, " To Sleep," is a very fine spec* men of one from Wordsworth : " A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...seas, Smooth fields ; white sheets of water, and pure sk" . I thought of all by -turns, and yet I lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pagini
...Mere slave of them who never for thee prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! A FLOCR of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after one ; the...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky ; I have thought of all by turns, and yet do lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pagini
...reconciled : O gentle Creature ! do not use me so, But once and deeply let me be beguiled. XTV. TO SLEEP. uld overspread my soul, that bodily eyes Were utterly...dream, A prospect in the mind. 'Twere long to tell birds' melodies Must hear, first uttered from my orchard trees; And the first Cuckoo's melancholy cry.... | |
 | Class-book - 1852 - 152 pagini
...tall summits withered at the sight, — A constant interchange of growth and blight. Sonnet, to Sleep. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...— By turns have all been thought of ; yet I lie 1 Now called the Dardanelles, a narrow strait, near the shores of which Troy stood. • A name for... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 pagini
...of a sonnet ? % A. The following, " To Sleep," is a very fine spect men of one from Wordsworth : " A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...seas, Smooth fields ; white sheets of water, and pure sk" . I thought of all by turns, and yet I lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pagini
...reconciled : O gentle Creature ! do not use me so, But once and deeply let me be beguiled. XIV. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after one ; the sound of rain, and beea Murmuring ; the fall of rivers, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1855 - 704 pagini
...was. This done, he went on shipboard, and is now A Seaman, a grey-headed Mariner. SONNET. TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...the sound of rain, and bees Murmuring ; the fall of riv«rs, winds and seas, Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky; I have thought of all... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1857 - 480 pagini
...slave of them who never for theo prayed, Still last to come where thou art wanted most ! TO SLEEP. A FLOCK of sheep that leisurely pass by, One after...Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and pure sky I have thought of all by turns, and yet do lie Sleepless ! and soon the small birds' melodies Must... | |
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