Plain text of Book 16, Hymn 5
1 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of weariness and the image of death. You are the ender; as such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream. 2 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of destruction, the kin of death. You are the ender; as such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream. 3 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of misery; as such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream. 4 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of disappearance; as such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream. 5 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of defeat; as such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream. 6 We know your origin, O Sleep. You are the offspring of the sisters of the angels, the kin of death; you are the ender. As such, O Sleep, we know you well. As such preserve us from the evil dream.