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" Though Somnus in Homer be sent to rouse up Agamemnon, I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in... "
Poems - Page 113
by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pages
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Essays in Biography

Charles Whibley - Great Britain - 1913 - 326 pages
...of resonant humour, he brings his speculation to a close : ' To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they arc already past their first sleep in Persia.' The life and fancy of this image will explain the hold...
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A Book of Old-world Gardens

Alfred H. Hyatt - Gardens - 1918 - 148 pages
...Agamemnon,! find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsyatthat hour which freed usfrom everlasting sleep? orhaveslumbering thoughts at...
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A Book of Old-world Gardens

Alfred H. Hyatt - Gardens - 1918 - 148 pages
...Ifindnosuch effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but toactour Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsyatthat hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? orhaveslumbering thoughts at...
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A Treasury of English Prose

Logan Pearsall Smith - English prose literature - 1920 - 264 pages
...Agamemnon, I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. The Garden of Cyrus, v. ASTROLOGY BURDEN not the back of Aries, Leo, or Taurus with thy faults; nor...
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Essays

John Todhunter - Essays (Irish) - 1920 - 180 pages
...spin out our awaking thoughts into the Phantasms of Sleep ... To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia." In my own poor garden, the shadows of the trees are long upon the grass. The great Angels of Time and...
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Modern English Essays ...

Ernest Rhys - English essays - 1922 - 270 pages
...I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? or have slumbering thoughts...
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English Literature: With Illustrations from Poetry and Prose

Geraldine Emma Hodgson - English literature - 1923 - 328 pages
...I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our Antipodes. The huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? or have slumbering thoughts...
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A History of English Literature

John Buchan - English literature - 1923 - 746 pages
...Agamemnon, I finde no such effects in the drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our Antipodes. The Huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsie at that howr which freed us from everlasting sleep ? or have slumbring thoughts...
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English prose literature - 1925 - 1262 pages
...I find no such effects in these drowsy approaches of sleep. Tcj keep our eyes open longer were but to act our Antipodes. The Huntsmen are up in America,...they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep ? or have slumbering thoughts...
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The Counterplot, Volume 2

Hope Mirrlees - Dramatists - 1925 - 344 pages
...Dutch rival. One gets the sense a little when at the end of The Garden of Cyrus Sir Thomas Browne says: "The huntsmen are up in America and they are already past their first sleep in Persia." Its finest expression, he said, was to be found in the Daily Mirror. But early training and tastes...
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