 By him lay heavy Sleep, the cousin of Death, Flat on the ground and still as any stone, A very corpse, save yielding forth a breath. Small keep took he whom Fortune frowned on Or whom she lifted up into the throne Of high renown; but as a living death,...  Elizabethan Literature - Page 59by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1914 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Capell - English poetry - 1760 - 284 pages
...very corpfe, fave yielding forth a breath ; fmall keep took he, whom fortune frowned on, or whom fhe lifted up into the throne of high renown, but, as a living death, fo, dead alive, of life he drew the breath : the body's reft, the quiet cf the heart, I the travel's... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1781 - 620 pages
...very corpfe, fave yielding forth a breath ; Small keep took he, whom fortune frowned on, Or whom me lifted up into the throne Of high renown, but, as...death, So, dead alive, of life he drew the breath ; The The body's reft, the quiet of the heart, The travel's eafe, the ftill night's feer was he, And of our... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 202 pages
...Small keepe tooke he whom Fortune frowned on, Or whom flie lifted up into the throne Of high renowne, but as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath. The bodies reft, the quiet of the hart, The traviles eaie, the ftill nights feere was he. And of our life... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 212 pages
...Small keepe tooke he whom Fortune frowned on, Or whom fhe lifted up into the throne Of high renowne, but as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath. The bodies reft, the quiet of the hart, The traviles eafe, the ftill nights teere was heAnd of our life... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...save yielding forth a breath; Small keep took he, whom Fortune frowned on; Or whom she lifted up unto the throne Of high renown ; but as a living death,...breath. The body's rest, the quiet of the heart, The travel's ease, the still night's seer was hej And of our life in earth the better part, EE 2 Rever... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...save yielding forth a breath; Small keep took he, whom Fortune frowned on ; Or whom she lifted up unto the throne Of high renown; but as a living death,...breath. The body's rest, the quiet of the heart, The travel's ease, the still night's seer was.he; And of our life in earth the better part, Rever of sight,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 pages
...keep took he, whom Fortune frowned on ; Or whom she lifted up unto the throne Of high renown ; hut as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew...breath. The body's rest, the quiet of the heart, The travel's ease, the still night's seer was he; And of our life in earth the better part, Rever of sight,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 600 pages
...stone ; A very corpse, save yielding forth a breath. Small keep took he, whom Fortune frowned on, On whom she lifted up into the throne Of high renown...death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath." M. Sackville. " Silence. " Dumb Silence, sworn attendant on black Night, Thou, that hast power to close... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 434 pages
...keep took he, whom Fortune frowned on ; Or whom she lifted up unto the throne Of high renown ; hut as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew...breath-. The body's rest, the quiet of the heart, The travel's ease, the still night's seer was he ; And of our life in earth the better part, Rever of sight,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...porch and jaws of Hell ' Remorse of Conscience, Dread, Revenge, Misery, Care, Sleep, ( — Small keep took he whom Fortune frowned on, Or whom she lifted...death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath.) ' And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all boar, his eyes hollow and blind ; With drooping... | |
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