Read full poem →Sunlit pallets never thrive;
Morns abed and daylight slumber
Were not meant for man alive.
Dictionary Entry
In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “abed”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Sunlit pallets never thrive;
Morns abed and daylight slumber
Read full poem →And aye so fond they of their singing seem
That in their holes abed at close of day
They still keep piping in their honey dreams,
Read full poem →patience and much labor, correspondence and arranging of facts
being largely done after the hour most peop'e were abed, such
being the only leisure hours, of the busy years of a physician’s