Sleeps

Famous quotes containing the word sleeps:

“Duncan is in his grave;
After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The night discharged of all care
Where wine may bear no sovereignty;
The chaste wife wise, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night;
Contented with thine own estate;
Neither wish death, nor fear his might.”
—Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialus)

“Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps on.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)