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What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?
What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord,
only makest me dwell in safety.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord,
only makest me dwell in safety.
But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait
At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,
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But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait
At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,
Longing to see the charmed door of dreams
Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....
Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air read more
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music read more
Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music deep,
Now tell me if that any is.
For gift or grace, surpassing this--
"He giveth His beloved sleep."
Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep!
And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,
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Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep!
And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,
From my vain self, and vain things which have power
Upon my soul to make me smile or weep.
And when thou comest, oh, like Death be deep.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.