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Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
 How he sleepeth! having drunken
 Weary childhood's mandragore,
  From his pretty eyes have sunken
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 How he sleepeth! having drunken
 Weary childhood's mandragore,
  From his pretty eyes have sunken
   Pleasures to make room for more--
    Sleeping near the withered nosegay which he pulled the day 
before. 
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
 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. 
 What probing deep
 Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?  
 What probing deep
 Has ever solved the mystery of sleep? 
 But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait
 At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,
  Longing read more 
 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 is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all
Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all
 O sleep! it is a gentle thing,
 Beloved from pole to pole!
  To Mary Queen the praise read more 
 O sleep! it is a gentle thing,
 Beloved from pole to pole!
  To Mary Queen the praise be given!
   She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven
    That slid into my soul. 
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.