Quote#Poetry
I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont,…
Quote byJulia Ward Howe · 1819–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reminiscences (1899), Ch. 12, pp. 274-5.
English (original)
I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind.
— Julia Ward Howe
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