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Sleep, stranger to anguish, painless Sleep, come, at our prayer, with gentle breath, come with benison, O king.

Ὕπν᾿ ὀδύνας ἀδαής, Ὕπνε δ᾿ ἀλγέων,
εὐαὴς ἡμῖν ἔλθοις, εὐαίων,
εὐαίων, ὦναξ.

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