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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Sleep

Edward Young (1681–1765)

TIRED Nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,—

He, like the world, his ready visits pays

Where fortune smiles: the wretched he forsakes,

And lights on lids unsullied by a tear.