Possible Clues:

• "This skull hath __ in the earth ...": Hamlet
• Aching feeling
• Had been stretched out in bed
• Done nothing
• ''How often have I __ beneath rain'': Faulkner
• "... this skull has __ in the earth ... ": Hamlet
• "Lie" form
• Set down passage to be read out
• In absence of leader, Frank remained
• Reclined, a homophone for lane