Alexander Pope Quotes about Sleep
Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.
Alexander Pope (1967). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.346, Lulu.com
Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (2008). “The Major Works”, p.118, Oxford University Press
See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.
Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq”, p.281
While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.
'The Dunciad' (1742) bk. 1, l. 93