From “Valentinian” COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing dreams beguile All my fancies, that from thence I may feel an influence, All my powers of care bereaving! Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me know some little joy! We that suffer long annoy Are contented with a thought, Through an idle fancy wrought: O, let my joys have some abiding!
From “Valentinian” COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing dreams beguile All my fancies, that from thence I may feel an influence, All my powers of care bereaving! Though but a shadow, but a sliding, Let me know some little joy...
From “The Nice Valour,” Act III. Sc. 3. HENCE, all ye vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There ’s naught in this life sweet, If man were wise to see ’t But only melancholy, O, sweetest melancholy! Welcome, folded arms, and fixèd eyes, A sigh...
