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" Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes : Swift*, on his downy pinion flies from woe, • And lights on lids unsullied with a tear. "
The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts - Page 3
by Edward Young - 1813 - 352 pages
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four Volumes, Volume 3

Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pages
...Sleep ! JL He, like the world, his ready vilit pays Where Fortune fmiles ; the wretched he forfakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfully'd with a tear. From mort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake: How happy they, who wake...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 54

1776 - 612 pages
...fleep ' He, like the world, his ready vilit pays Where fortune fmiles ; the wretched he forfakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfullied with a tear. We muft ailo be allowed to differ from Mr. Melmoth in our judgment of the following...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 50-52

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 858 pages
...balmy Sleep! He, like the world, his ready viiit pays Where Fortune fmiles; the wretched he forfakes; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfullied with a tear. 5 From ihort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wakei How happy they, who wake...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 61

English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready vifit pays Where Fortune fmiles ; the wretched he forfakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unlullied with a tear. c From fhort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : How happy they, who wake...
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The Works Of The Author Of The Night-Thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pages
...Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready vifit pays Where Fortune fmiles ; the wretched he forfakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfully'd with a tear. From fhort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : How happy they, who wake...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
...balmy^/ .' He, like the world, his ready vifit pays Where fortune fmiles; the wretched he forfakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfullied with a tear. From fliort (as ufnal) and difturb'd repofe, I wake : ijow_happy they, who wakeno...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 87-88

John Bell - 1796 - 470 pages
...IMMORTALITY. Humbly inscribed to tbe RIGHT HON. ARTHUR ONSLOW, ESQ. Speaker of the House of Commons. TIR'D Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the...world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the ivre.ched he forsakes: Swift on his downy pinion flies from wo, From short (as usual) and disturb'd...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...Sleep ! 11--, like the wuiid, Üb ready v ¡fit pa v * Where Fortune fmilcs; the wretched he fbrfake»: Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfullicd with a tear. From üiort (as ufual) and diflurb'd repofê I wake : How happy they who wake...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...159 NIGHT VIII. Virtue's Apology 207 NIGHT IX. THE NIGHT I. ON LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY. A IR'D Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep! He — like...smiles; the wretched he forsakes: Swift on his downy pinions flies from woe, And lights on lids unsully'd with a tear. 5 From short (as usual) and disturb'd...
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The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1799 - 312 pages
...Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready vifit pays Where Fortune fmiles ; the wretched he forfakes : Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unfiilly'd with a tear. 5 From mort (as ufual) and difturb'd repofe I wake : how happy they who wake...
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