Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes about Sleep

Toil is the portion of day, as sleep is that of night; but if there be one hour of the twenty-four which has the life of day without its labor, and the rest of night without its slumber, it is the lovely and languid

Toil is the portion of day, as sleep is that of night; but if there be one hour of the twenty-four which has the life of day without its labor, and the rest of night without its slumber, it is the lovely and languid hour of twilight.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Twilight, Sleep, Night

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1857). “The Complete Works of L. E. Landon ...”, p.205

Anticipation is a bad sleeping draught.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Sleep, Expectations, Anticipation

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1831). “Romance and Reality”, p.149

The wind has a language, I would I could learn! Sometimes 'tis soothing, and sometimes 'tis stern, Sometimes it comes like a low sweet song, And all things grow calm, as the sound floats along, And the forest is lull'd by the dreamy strain, And slumber sinks down on the wandering main, And its crystal arms are folded in rest, And the tall ship sleeps on its heaving breast.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Song, Sweet, Sleep