Charles Kingsley Quotes about Sleep

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For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.

For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep.

Charles Kingsley

Life, Sleep, Men

Charles Kingsley (1872). “Poems: Including The Saint's Tragedy, Andromeda, Songs, Ballads, Etc”, p.212

Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as it were the panting earth, worn out with the fierce passions of her fiery youth, has sobbed herself to sleep once more, and this new world of man is made.

Charles Kingsley

Fall, Passion, Sleep

Charles Kingsley (1860). “New miscellanies”, p.315

See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices.

Charles Kingsley

Easter, Sleep, Winter

Charles Kingsley (2008). “Andromeda and Other Poems: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.229, ReadHowYouWant.com