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SLEEPLESSNESS by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: SLEEP QUIETS ALL BUT ME
Last Line: THE DRAUGHT WHEREWITH ALL THIRST IS SATISFIED.
Subject(s): INSOMNIA; SLEEPLESSNESS;
Sleep quiets all but me,
A desert isle unsolaced by the sea --
A Tantalus denied
The draught wherewith all thirst is satisfied.



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