Living
People May Think the Work of Sleep
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
People may think the work of sleep
That deep-indented frown;
Its post of honour let it keep,
Nor draw the nightcap down.
Acknowledge that at every wheeze,
At every grunt and groan,
You hear his verses; do not these
Proclaim them for his own?
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “People May Think the Work of Sleep.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/602/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “People May Think the Work of Sleep.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/602/.
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