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Oh! that we two lay sleeping

Quote byCharles Kingsley · 1819–1875

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Saint's Tragedy (1848), Act ii, scene x; p. 125..

English (original)

Oh! that we two lay sleeping, Under the churchyard sod; With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth's breast, And our souls at home with God!

— Charles Kingsley

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