 | English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...could not sever man and wife, Because they both liv'd but one life. . Peace, good reader, do not weep ; Peace, the lovers are asleep. They, sweet turtles, folded lie In the last knot that love could tie. [And though they lie as they were dead, Their pillow stone, their sheets of lead ; Pillow hard, and... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...could not sever man and wife, Because they both liv'd but one life. Peace, good reader, do not weep ! Peace ! the lovers are asleep. They, sweet turtles, folded lie In the last knot that Love could tie. [And though they lie as they were dead, Their pillow stone, their sheets of lead ; Pillow hard, and... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...their sheets of lead ; Pillow hard, and sheets not warm, Love made the bed, they'll take no harm.] Let them sleep, let them sleep on, 'Till this stormy night be gone, And th' eternal morrow dawn ; Then the curtains will be drawn, And they waken with that light Whose day... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...the man be poor, thou shall not sleep with hiipbdge. Deuteiontuy. Peace, good reader ! do not weep ; Peace ! the lovers are asleep : They, sweet turtles...! folded lie In the last knot that love could tie. l*t them sleep, let them sleep on, Till this stormy night be gone, And th' eternal morrow dawn, Then... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...not man and wife divide, They lived one life, one death they died. Peace, good reader, do not weep ; Peace, the lovers are asleep : They (sweet turtles) folded lie, In the last knot love could tie. And though they lie as they were dead, Their pillow stone, their sheets of lead ; (Pillow... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 524 pages
...Peace, the lovers are asleep : They (sweet turtles) folded lye, In the last knot that love could tye. Let them sleep, let them sleep on, Till this stormy night be gone. And th'eternall morrow dawne, Then the curtaines will be drawne, And they Waken with that light, Whose... | |
 | Sir John Mennes - 1817 - 568 pages
...Peace, the Lovers are asleep : They (sweet Turtles) folded lye, In the last knot that love could tye. Let them sleep, let them sleep on, Till this stormy night be gone. And th'eternall morrow dawne, Then the Curtaines will be drawne, And they waken with that light, Whose... | |
 | Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...sever man and wife, Because they both liv'd but one life : — Peace, good Reader, do not weep, — Peace, the lovers are asleep ; They, sweet turtles,...on, Till this stormy night be gone, And the eternal morrow's dawn,— Then the curtains will be drawn; And they'll wake into a light, Where day shall uever... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 600 pages
...both lived but one life. Peace, good reader, do not weep, Peace, the lovers are asleep : They, sxveet turtles, folded lie In the last knot that love could...And the eternal morrow dawn, Then the curtains will he drawn, And they waken with that light, Whose day shall never sleep in night." And now, before dismissing... | |
 | Horace Smith - Wit and humor - 1825 - 360 pages
...could not sever man and wife, Because they both lived but one life. Peace, good reader ! do not weep ; Peace, the lovers are asleep : They, sweet turtles,...night be gone, And the eternal morrow dawn ; Then the curtain will be drawn, And they waken with that light Whose day shall never sleep in night." And now,... | |
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Twixt soul and body a divorce, It could not sunder man and wife, 'Cause they both lived but one life. Peace, good reader, do not weep. Peace, the lovers are asleep. They, sweet turtles, folded lie In the last knot that love could tie. 
