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Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Homer

In long works sleep will sometimes surprise;
Homer himself hath been observed to nod.
Roscommon.—Art of Poetry.

The blind old man of Scio’s Rocky Isle.
Byron.—The Bride of Abydos, Canto II. Stanza 2.