“The sounds of early night die down. Mingled with the darkness of his kinsman Death and dripping with Stygian dew, Sleep enfolds the doomed city, pouring heavy ease from his unforgiving horn, and separates the men.”

—  Statius, book Thebaid

Source: Thebaid, Book V, Line 196

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