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Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.
 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. 
 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. 
I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.
I wasn’t really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.
 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the 
bread of sorrows: read more 
 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the 
bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 
 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. 
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
 Sleep on, Baby, on the floor,
 Tired of all the playing,
  Sleep with smile the sweeter for
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 Sleep on, Baby, on the floor,
 Tired of all the playing,
  Sleep with smile the sweeter for
   That you dropped away in!
    On your curls' full roundness stand
     Golden lights serenely--
      One cheek, pushed out by the hand,
       Folds the dimple inly.