# William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

> O sleep, O gentle sleep,
> Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
> That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
> And steep my senses in forgetfulness?

Act 3, Scene 1, lines 5–8 (King Henry)

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