 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1908 - 450 pages
...holy trance; That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought; And with as active vigor run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death; O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 892 pages
...those watchful toes, Whose eyes are open while mine close; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance;...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death; oh! make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1909 - 368 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my Soul advance;...course, as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death; O make me try. By sleeping, what it is to die; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1912 - 420 pages
...those watchjulfoes, Whose eyes are, open while mine ciose. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my Soul advance...trance. That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into name holy thought ; And snth as active vigour run My course, as doth the nimble Sui;. Sleep is a death... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1864 - 712 pages
...no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest Whilst I do rest, my soul advance; Hake my sleep a holy trance, That I may, my rest being...Awake into some holy thought, • And with as active vigor run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death. 0 make me try, By sleeping, what it... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Poetry, religious - 1914 - 136 pages
...eyes are open while mine close ; 10 Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blessed. While I do rest, my soul advance ; Make my sleep a holy trance ; That I may, my rest being wrought, 15 Awake into some holy thought ; And with as active vigour run My course, as doth the nimble sun.... | |
 | Ernest Trafford Campagnac - Religion - 1918 - 152 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance,...My course, as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death ; O make me try. By sleeping, what it is to die ; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1922 - 310 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my Soul advance,...course, as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death; O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die : And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.... | |
 | Gordon Crosse - Religious poetry, English - 1924 - 288 pages
...those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance...My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ; O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die : And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English prose literature - 1925 - 1124 pages
...watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacobs temples blest. While I do rest, my soul advance, Make...course, as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death, O make me try, By sleeping what it is to die. And as gently lay my head On my Grave, as now my bed.... | |
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While I do rest, my soul advance: Make my sleep a holy trance: That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake into some holy thought, And with as active vigour run My course, as doth the nimble sun. 
