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Examples
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She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,
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The Holy Eucharist of God! The spot where darling mother sleeps,
War Poetry of the South Various
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SHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,
English Songs and Ballads Various
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Wide-winged that soars on the smooth gale and sleeps,
By the Window 1917
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The head of the money-maker that plotted all day sleeps,
Sleepers, The 1900
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It tugs at her breast, and it whimpers and sleeps,
Songs of Labor and Other Poems Morris Rosenfeld 1892
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There is peace in the swamp where the Copperhead sleeps,
Complete Poetical Works Bret Harte 1869
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There is peace in the swamp where the Copper head sleeps,
East and West Poems Bret Harte 1869
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There oft in the bed she lieth, and beside her Atli sleeps,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The prisoner sleeps well in the prison, the runaway son sleeps,
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855
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