Some more phenomena of sleep and dream : paper read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain / by the President, Mr. Serjeant Cox.

  • Cox, Edward W. (Edward William), 1809-1879.
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[1877]
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Credit: Some more phenomena of sleep and dream : paper read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain / by the President, Mr. Serjeant Cox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    to- SOME IOEE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP AND DKEAM. {Paper read to the Psychological Society of Great Britain by the President, Mr. Serjeant Cox, Feb. 1, 1877.) 0 sleep ! 0 gentle sleep! Nature s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness P Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great Under the canopies of costly state And lulled with sounds of sweetest melody ? O thou dull god! Why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds and leavest the kingly couch A watch case or a common ’larum bell Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the shipboy’s eyes and rock his brains in cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Sir m<Ttr0US hcads and Wing them With deafening clamours in the slippery clouds That with the burly Death itself awakes P [165]