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Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs
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Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,
Under the canopies of costly state,
And lulled with sound of sweetest melody?
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Than in the perfumed chambers of the great,
Under the canopies of costly state,
And lulled with sound of sweetest melody?
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. King Henry, in Henry IV, Part 2, act 3, sc. 1, l. 9, 12-4.
Sleep comes easier in a smoky hovel ("crib") than in a palace.
Sleep comes easier in a smoky hovel ("crib") than in a palace.
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