Read full poem →Nothing fear of nightly harms.
Safe you sleep on guarded ground,
And in silent circle round
Dictionary Entry
To postpone (a decision) at least overnight, to avoid making a hasty choice.
In a Sentence
“I like the idea, but let me sleep on it before we go ahead.”
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Poetry examples for “sleep on”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Times enough you bled your best;
Sleep on now, and take your rest.
Read full poem →Whose links are bright and even;
That falls like sleep on lovers, and combines
The soft and sweetest minds
Read full poem →of a red moon comes down; and the willows drowse
and sleep on the shoulders of the running water.
Read full poem →And then I fell gently
To sleep on her breast—
Deeply to sleep
Read full poem →O think what they endure at sea while safe at home you stay.
All ye that sleep on beds at night in houses dry and warm,
O think upon the whole ship's crew, all lost at Bantry Bay.
Read full poem →Forget our Nation's breaking load:
Now you could sleep on silver beds--
(Bitter and dark was our abode.)
Read full poem →That should have been sleeping,
They pour sleep on their head,
And sit down by their bed.
Read full poem →When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!
All days are nights to see till I see thee,