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Sleep From “Second Part of Henry IV.,” Act III. Sc. 1. KING HENRY.—How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep!—O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my... Poet: William Shakespeare	The Voyage of Sleep To sleep I give myself away, Unclasp the fetters of the mind, Forget the sorrows of the day, The burdens of the heart unbind. With empty sail this tired bark Drifts out upon the sea of rest, While all the shore behind grows dark And... Poet: Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton	Ode to Sleep Beyond the sunset and the amber sea To the lone depths of ether, cold and bare, Thy influence, soul of all tranquillity, Hallows the earth and awes the reverent air; Yon laughing rivulet quells its silvery tune; The pines, like priestly watchers tall... Poet: Paul Hamilton Hayne	“How sleep the brave” How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country’s wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mold, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell... Poet: William Collins
The City of Sleep Over the edge of the purple down, Where the single lamplight gleams, Know ye the road to the Merciful Town That is hard by the Sea of Dreams— Where the poor may lay their... Poet:	He went by sleep that drowsy route He went by sleep that drowsy route To the surmising Inn — At day break to begin his race Or ever to remain — Poet: