eternal sleep

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The shaken Arthur, seeking death, is greeted by a group of heavenly maidens who offer to take him away — not to death, but to eternal sleep.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

What a thrilling conclusion, to curl into your eternal sleep while tourists stand on top of your bones to order McGriddles.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2020

Sent to placate him, she sings a lullaby that soothes him into eternal sleep, after which her gift fosters a tradition of singing that makes the town famous.

From Time Magazine Archive

The intellectual classes in Rome did not believe in "an eternal life"�they believed in "eternal sleep."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Well, like the Book says: ‘If the Mud Man gold can gather, In spite of magick or fairy glamor, Then that gold is his to keep, Until he lies in eternal sleep.’

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer