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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. 
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful read more
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.
Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest read more
Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.
 Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
 And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
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 Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing,
 And may this storm be but a mountain-birth,
  May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling,
   Silent as though they watched the sleeping Earth! 
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
 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. 
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.
[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.