 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 113by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Temple - Gardening - 1908 - 372 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... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - Literature - 1909 - 376 pages
...Agamemnon, I find 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 drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - American literature - 1909 - 384 pages
...Agamemnon, I find 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 drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - Philosophy - 1909 - 380 pages
...Agamemnon, I find 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 drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1906 - 1034 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. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? Or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1912 - 518 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. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep ? or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1912 - 730 pages
...drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer were but to act our Antipodes. The Huntsmen arc up in America, and 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... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1913 - 624 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. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep ? or have slumbering thoughts... | |
 | Alfred H. Hyatt - Gardens - 1913 - 166 pages
...in these drowsy approaches of sleep. To keep our eyes open longer, were but to act our An tipodes. The huntsmen are up in America, and they are already past their first sleep in Persia. But who can be drowsy at that hour which freed us from everlasting sleep? orhave slumbering thoughts... | |
 | 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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