
Title poem, section V.
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
Source: Radio Free Albemuth
Title poem, section V.
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
“How innocent, how beautiful thy sleep!
Sweet one, 'tis peace and joy to gaze on thee!”
Sleeping Child
The Fate of Adelaide (1821)
“Sleep. Those little slices of death. How I loathe them.”
Various forms of this quote are attributed to Poe, primarily by a title card in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, though there is no record of his having ever said it.
Misattributed
“Sleep those tiny slices of death how i despise them”
“How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack.”
“How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country’s wishes blest!”
Variant: How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest!
Source: How Sleep the Brave (1748), line 1.
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath