Squatter sovereign., 1856-08-19
SHORT Patent SERMONS.
On DREAMS.
ny pow, IA.


TEXT.
I arise from dreams of tEee,
In the first sweet sleep of night,
When the winds are breathing low,
And the stars are burning bright;
l arise from dreams of thee,
And spirit in my feet
Has led me-who knows how?
To thy chamber window, sweet
hIY HEAREBs-there is a mystery
| about dreams which cannot understand,
and TO solve which We task beyond the
pale of my philosophy. In reference to
animal magnetism, the subject operated
upon loses of voiilion ly sonnambulency,
and the will is entirely subjected TO The
control of the magnetiser; but in our natu-
raj sleep. the mind is either left to wander
at random to and fro, uncontrolled even hy
itself, or else j, is guided, directed and
governed by some invisible spirit that loves
to play pranks while Reason is asleep
Let US suppose the latter; that Morpheus,
the minister OF Sannus, sends his waiting
goddess. Fancy, to visit US II our midnight
StlCh SSi I(NiS hslA
TIE sweet roses of bliss, or tuck between
the sheets few nettles of misery, in ac-
cordance with the manner in which we
have spent the day. Ii you, my friends,
have made wholesale groceries Of your
stomaches-haye committed the beastly
sin OF gormandising-Fancy will lead you
in your dreams to 4 table covered with
dishes most loathsome and Disgusting
such as rat-taii soup, s.ewed snaked. broil-
ed ,oads. fried lizards, cockroach pudding
with hedbug sauce, and all sort Of undesir-
aties; from all of which you will be COM
PEELED to eat, in spite of non-desire or dis
relish. Il you have been indulging TO e1-
cess in sFiriIuous liquors, your led d-cbam-
bers Will be haunted ly all the horrid ap-
partitions oi evil that ever came upon mid
night errands from the dark dominlons OF
Pluto. Denons Of demijohns and red
eyed bottle imrs will surround Your lhora
covered couchcs. and grin at your suffer-
| ings. Every form will be ugly, and every
feature horribie-not a beautiful face can
be seen among them all. If you have rob-
led, stolen, cheated, or taken unjust ad-
vantage Of your kind, you will, perchance.
ever and anon start from your fitful slum-
bers, as though Gloss ly pursued by TIE
officers Of justice. Your dreams, at best.
will lie cLectiered with doubt and fear;
and, after travelling through thisties to
pluck a daisy, You will come back with
,oadstool and torn rantaloons. On the
other hand, if you have passed the day
deccntly, soterly, prudently, pioasly, and
have done unto others as you would they
should do unto you, your dreams at night
will be as pleasant and happy as your day
transactions have been holy ard honorable.
If they don't, saw my leg off, and send it
20 tie devil as small sample Of falsehood
and sin. 9 4z
My dear friends-tLe most delightful
of all dreams are those of youthful love.
by friends; Thomas Moore once observed
that there was nothing lalf SO sweet not
even excepting nolasses) as loves young
dream; and he further truly remarked, af-
ter it had for ever Gown, that it was odor
fed as soon as shed-ihe winged beam of
norn-a light that could never shine again
upon the dull sluggish stream OF life
Yes, my friends, the dream OF love is a
glorious one while it lasts; but it SOON fades
away, and never returns with the same
brightness as before. 1t is dismal as
well as nocturnal dream, continuing On
from day 10 day, leading It's subjects thro'
an inviting wilderness of idealiiy.e till at
last the spell IS broken, and they begin 10
think il best to look around and define the;r
positions, as the politicians say. When a
young man is first captured by Cupid, he
then becomes entranced, as i. were, in a
dream; the whole universe wears bloom
ing aspect-the barren places Of his bosom
are covered with verdure-buds and BIOS
SONS eli the garden of his imagination
he finds beautiful Poetry among the mosi
: prcsaical places of earth-and ali the dis.
cordances of fnaiure are made TO harmonize
with the secret impulses of his heart It
with him; love. still love. The landscape
has lock of love-the brooks liable oi
nothing but love-the birds sing songs OF
!. lorr-the heavens at night seem lighted
with loye-and every breeze comes laden
with the sweet perfume of love; Eo matter
whether it happens 10 blow from the fra
grant groves of Eiysiam or from the yiciai-
y ofso.ne dead dogs carcase. Then, too
r his dreams at night are dreams Of love-
{ His spirit is guided BY an invisible spirit
IN .hs. vkereaho<,fs of his siored ,,bere i,