Читать книгу The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 - Various - Страница 8
TEA.—ITS INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND
MIDNIGHT—A TOUCH AT THE EPIC
Оглавление(For the Mirror.)
"The iron tongue of midnight hath toll'd twelve."
SHAKSPEARE.
Amid the pauses of the midnight storm,
When all without is cold, within all warm!
Amid the pauses of the midnight blast,
When ev'ry bolt and ev'ry sleeper's fast!
In that dire hour, when graves give up their dead,
And men for once agree in their pursuit—a bed!
When heroes, statesmen, senators, and kings,
Lords, and et ceteras of meaner things,
Forget the road to fortune—or to jail,
And Morpheus all their equal guardian hail!
When each forgets each 'vantage or mishap.
And all are equal in one common nap!
At that dread hour…
Caetera desiderantur.
Carshalton W. P–n.
