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" Thou whose nature cannot sleep, On my temples sentry keep ! Guard me 'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. "
Religio medici. Its sequel, Christian morals. With resemblant passages from ... - Page 141
by Sir Thomas Browne - 1844 - 275 pages
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 5

1803 - 490 pages
...my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I doe rest my soul advance, Make my sleepe a holy trance, That I may, my rest being wrought^...into some holy thought. And with as active vigour rur.ne My course, as doth the nimble sunns. £leepe is a death, O make me try, By bleeping what it...
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Letters to John Aikin, M. D.: On His Volume of Vocal Poetry: and on His ...

James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. 3 While I do rest, my soul advance, And make my sleep a holy trance ; That I may, my rest...wrought, Awake into some holy thought ; And, with an active vigour, run My course, as doth the nimble sun. 4 Sleep is a death, O make me try, By sleeping,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 10

1821 - 488 pages
...those watchful foes Whose eyes are open while mine close. Det no dreams my head infest, But such aa Jacob's temples blest : While I do rest, my soul advance,...My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death ! 0, make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die ; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my...
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On the blindness of Homer, Ossian, and Milton. The Valley of the Rye ...

Nathan Drake - 1822 - 366 pages
...'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my...into some holy thought. And with as active vigour run • i . My course as doth the nimble sun. ;. .. .; Sleep is a death, O make me try, . - « }.. . By...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1833 - 958 pages
...open while mine close Let no dream my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I thus rest, my soul advance, Make my sleep a holy trance, That I may (my rest being wrought) Awake unto some holy thought ; 1(180. And with an active vigour run My course, as doth the' unwearied sun....
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Works of Sir Thomas Browne

1831 - 370 pages
...Jacob's temples blest. * Both of whom were permitted by Nero to choose the mode in which they would die. While I do rest, my soul advance, Make my sleep a...Awake into some holy thought ; And with as active vigor run My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death. O make me try, By sleeping, what it is...
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The Unitarian Advocate and Religious Miscellany, Volumes 5-6

1832 - 702 pages
...'gainst those watchful foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest. While I do rest, my...wrought, Awake into some holy thought; And with as active vigor run My course as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death. O make me try, By sleeping, what it is...
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The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 13

1833 - 444 pages
...'gainst those watchful foes, \Vhose eyes are open while mine close ; Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temples blest ; While I do rest, my...holy trance, That I may, my rest being wrought, Awake unto some holy thought, And with as active vigour run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a...
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Hymns and Anthems

William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 pages
...hallowed rest. XCIV. WHILE I do rest, my soul advance, Let me sleep a holy trance, That I may take my rest being wrought Awake into some holy thought ; And with as cheerful vigour run My course, as doth the nimble sun. Sleep is a death : 0 let me try, By sleeping,...
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The Christian Observer, Volumes 42-43

1843 - 846 pages
...foes, Whose eyes are open while mine close. Let no dreams my head infest, But such as Jacob's temple blest. While I do rest, my soul advance, Make my sleep...My course as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death ; oh make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die; And as gently lay my head On my grave as now my bed....
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