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" 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! "
Elia - Page 142
by Charles Lamb - 1836
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Virgil in English Rhythm: With Illustrations from the British Poets, from ...

Virgil - 1871 - 376 pages
...advanced, among the poplar leaves " Come, sleep, О sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, Th' indifferent judge between the high and low." Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella, \x.\i\ "...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

1872 - 900 pages
...BEAUiioNT and FLETCHER. 1 SLEEP. COME, Sleep, 0 Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place coat is dressed. 31 Though June, the air is cold .and still, POEMS OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. With shield of proof shield me from out the prease Of those fierce...
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Within-doors: a book of games

Alfred Elliott - 1872 - 218 pages
...the things misnamed. Death and existence. — (Byron.) 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. —(Sir Philip Sidney.) SOLITUDE. A refreshing cabin for a troubled spirit. The temple of reflection....
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Household Treasury of English Song: Specimens of the English Poets ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, o 0 H H af H Q 1 h Ed E s ' ItijaSJJSSl The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low. Ed X H K i * Castor and Pollux, the " Dioscuri " of Greek my thology. "CARE-CHARMING SLEEP, THOU BASER...
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Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Volume 20

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 pages
...SACKVILLE (1536 — t6oS). SLEEP. 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 1ndifferent judge between the high and low. With shield of proof shield me from out the press Of those...
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A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from ...

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1873 - 302 pages
...whose inequality oftentimes is more iburdensome than the sum. — FULLER, The Holy State, b. ii. c. II. Come Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The...release, The indifferent judge between the high and low. Sir P. SIDNEY, Astrophel and Stella, 39. Requesting that they might speak before the senate, and be...
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Dawn to daylight; or, Gleams from the poets of twelve centuries

Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...shine, I live in darkest night ! OME, Sleep, O Sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the...and low, With shield of proof shield me from out the press Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw ; Oh, make me in those civil wars to cease ; I...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...I n. '' Come, Sleep, oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of wo, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The...low ; With shield of proof shield me from out the preasc* Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw ; Oh make in me those civil wars to cease :...
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Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature

Charles Carroll Bombaugh - 1875 - 868 pages
...proper centres." FACTS ABOUT SLEEP. Come sleep, 0 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 impartial judge between the high and low. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. While I am asleep I have neither fear...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...sheep. SHENSTONE: Shepherd's Home. 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, Th' indifferent judge between the high and low. SIR P. SIDNEY. The noon of night is past, and gentle...
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