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Sleeping prayer

I am placing my soul and my body
On Thy sanctuary this night, O God,
On Thy sanctuary, O Jesus Christ,
On Thy sanctuary, O Spirit of perfect truth,
The Three who would defend my cause,
Nor turn Their backs upon me....

Sleeping people can't fall down.

Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current.

Let sleeping dogs lie

All through the night

Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee.
All through the night.
Guardian angels God will lend thee
All through the night.
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping.
God his loving...

Bring a torch

Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella,
Bring a torch, come hurry and run.
It is Jesus, good folk of the village,
Christ is born, and Mary's calling, Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is the Mother. Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is her Son.

Skies are...

A newly committed crime awakens sleeping ones.

A sleeping head needs more than its neck to support it.

Hooting all right and sleeping all day, doesn't make an owl wise.

A spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.

Let the sleeping dog lie.

The sleeping fox catches no chickens.

One can not stop sleeping in fear of bad dreams.

The sleeping dog is turned by a stick.

The animal rambling in the stable makes the sleeping ones rise too.

A sleeping fox finds no meat.

Wake not a sleeping lion.

To serve a prince is like sleeping with a tiger.

Throw no stones at a sleeping dog.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.