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  2. To Sleep - Wikipedia

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    He has not been able to win sleep by any means, and he is quite exhausted. Without sleep, all of days wealth seems useless. Night is the blessed barrier between day and day, as it brings with it sleep: the mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health.the author rightfully emphasis the need of sleep in a man's daily life

  3. Counting sheep: Who came up with this old sleep tip, and does ...

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    What is clear is that the concept of counting sheep to sleep is so old it was mentioned in a 13th century compilation of short stories titled “Cento Novelle Antiche.” In one of the novellas, a ...

  4. Counting sheep - Wikipedia

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    An early reference to counting sheep as a means of attaining sleep can be found in Illustrations of Political Economy by Harriet Martineau, from 1832: "It was a sight of monotony to behold one sheep after another follow the adventurous one, each in turn placing its fore-feet on the breach in the fence, bringing up its hind legs after it, looking around for an instant from the summit, and then ...

  5. List of nocturnal animals - Wikipedia

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    Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early night.

  6. Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf - Wikipedia

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    Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little child, sleep In Heaven drift the sheep The little stars are little lambs The moon, he is the little shepherd Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little child, sleep The Christ Child has a sheep, He is himself the dear Lamb of God Who died for the sake of all of us Sleep, little child, sleep Sleep, little ...

  7. Russell the Sheep - Wikipedia

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    Russell is a sheep that has trouble falling asleep at times. Perhaps he needs it to be dark for him to sleep. But he is scared of the dark. Perhaps he is too hot, perhaps not, he soon learns that sleeping is easier said than done. After all that fails, Russell attempts to count things to help him fall asleep.

  8. While shepherds watched their flocks - Wikipedia

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    The "meane" of chapter VIII in Christopher Tye's Actes of the Apostles of 1553.The latter half was adapted and used as the tune of "Winchester Old". "While shepherds watched their flocks" [1] is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate. [2]

  9. Night (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The second page of night from the same copy as the previous image. [4] Night is a poem that describes two contrasting places: Earth, where nature runs wild, and Heaven, where predation and violence are nonexistent. It is influenced by a passage from the Old Testament: Isaiah 11:6-8 "The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down ...