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 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. 
 How happy he whose toil
 Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd
  A pleasing lassitude; he not read more 
 How happy he whose toil
 Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd
  A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain
   Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.
    His pow'rs the most voluptuously dissolve
     In soft repose; on him the balmy dews
      Of Sleep with double nutriment descend. 
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.
 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: read more 
 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and 
drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 
Many things--such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
Many things--such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly--are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any
Sleep is like the unicorn - it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
 Still believe that ever round you
 Spirits float who watch and wait;
  Nor forget the twain who read more 
 Still believe that ever round you
 Spirits float who watch and wait;
  Nor forget the twain who found you
   Sleeping nigh the Golden Gate.