Sleep is Supposed to be by Emily Dickinson

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Sleep is supposed to be, / By souls of sanity, / The shutting of the eye.

Sleep is the station grand / Down which on either hand / The hosts of witness stand!

Morn is supposed to be, / By people of degree, / The breaking of the day.

Morning has not occurred! / That shall aurora be / East of eternity;

One with the banner gay, / One in the red array, -- / That is the break of day.

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