The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-27

| others monthly.
without coloring-in short, an exact
1 photograph of the dream. Shakespeare
alludes to this sort OF practical philoso-
| ply, and puts forth his subtle theory
under show Of describing the pranks of
Queen Nab. His exposition is lively,
and not without dash OF satire, but
exquisiteIy true TO nature. The FREEDOM
inant sense being out OF the question the
experiment has TO be made with the
other four, and first with hearing. A
gentle sleeper in full health, youth, and
animal spirits, has been set to sleep
during summer In n chamber opening
upon garden, at the extreme end OF
which a skilIful person has played soft
music late in the night. The sleeper,
describing her sensations, sad she at
| first appeare to he plunged in world
of bright clouds, which folded her round,
exciting sentiments OF strong delight.
| Then she descended upon bank NJ
violets, while voices of exquisite har-
mony filed the air Being watched by
the light of dim lamp, the sleeper's
face at this time seemed pale with emo
ton, and presently, as the music became
more and more sad, tears appeared
| between the eyelashes, and gradually
|
sounds ceased, the lady would have
awsked at once; to prevent which,
transition WAS skillfully made to a lively
air, which in a short time brought
smiles upon the lips. No memory IL
sufficiently tenacious to record without
breaks or stops the multitudinous evolu-
| tons of a dream. The sleeper, who WAS
not mother, said she dreamed she WAS
shedding tears because persons were
! forcing away from her a baby which she
had at her breast; when suddenly the
scene changed, and she found herself IN
n vast saloon, encircled by singers ana
dancers, sometimes eating grapes or
p0megranates. drinking wine, and
laughing merrily. One or two strokes
of martial music striking violently upon
the sensorium, awoke the sleeper at
once.
In Shakespeare, we find curious re-
cord of wife's observations on the
countenance of her sleeping husband.
The passage may at first sight be thought
too prolix and minute; but as many per-
sons do in exciting circumstances talk
in their sleep, the statement Is not in
consistent with nature. The speaker 10
Lady Percy, and the time Immediately
before the breaking out Of Northumber-
lands rebellion against Henry Nv.
In thy faint .lumbers BY thee have watched,
And heard thee murmur tales OF iron wars:
Speak terms Of manage tn thy bounding stcsd;
Cry, c5urage.--to the nsldl And thou hast talked
VI ssies and ret.res; OF trenches, tents;
or PALISADES, frontiers. parspets,
OF basilisks, OF cannon, cuiyarin;
OF prisoners iansofn, and 81 soldiers slain,
And all the current Of a hosvy fight
Thy spirit within thee hath been 70 at war,
And thus hath 50 bestirrcd thee in thy rlsep.
That beads Of sweat have stood upon thy brow,
like bubbles In % late disturbed stream:
And In thy face strange motions have appeared,
Such when men restrain their ireath
On some great sudden haste. Oh, what portents ere
Some heavy business hath my lord In hand.
And must know it, else hs loves me not.
This obviously IL not mere fanciful
description, but record of the accurate
study of sleeping face. Elsewhere, in
q more sportive and sarcastic mood, he
suggests what would probably be the
effects of touching at various points the
persons of seepers. To Queen Nab ia
delegated the task of awakening by the
delicate pressure of her wand the imagi-
nation of slumber's prisoners: though
ane-Is likewise represented as driving
bodily in her carriage through the halls
| Of fancy:
Her chariot is empty hazelnut
Made by the Joiner squirrel, old grub
| Time out Of mind the fairies coach.inakes;
Aud In this state she gsliops night by night
Through lovers brains, and then they dream Of ovo
On courtiers knees that dream conrt-ie- straight
Der lawyers fingers, who -trngl,t dream on fees;
Der ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream.
AS is implied by the various portion :
Of this speech, the passions are the great
fountains of dreams, love, pride, ambi-
| ton, which exert their magic power in
sleep, calling up forms Of beauty placing
the individual in elevated situations, or
soothing him with the exercise Of
| power. Milton's most exquisite sonnet
| is based on dream of love and sorrow |:
MethoughtI my fate espous-d saint
And throughout the poetry OF the
world we find scattered here and there
pictures or fragments from the land Of
dreams, more lovely than any the mate
| rial world could supply.
| Nevertheless, sleep Is no fiatterer, bu!
gives to every man compound OF the
acquisitions lac has been at the pains'oi
making and "A keen consciousness of the
result of the actions which he has been
in the habit OF performing. But Though
in the base and malignant, nature hangs
out during slumber flag to warn al
whom IL may concern that shaker and
aspics are coiled secretly within, her re.
velations go no further. No one car
step within the curtain which concealt
the delights or the agonies that come Il
the happy or to the unhappy man II
sleep. Byron used to say he should Xix,
to know how man felt who had com
mitted murder--a point upon which
some of his ancestors could have en-,
lightened him. The feelings in that cas-,
would greatly depend on the part of tn,
world and the state of the society il
which the murderer might live; 70
there are regions in which, when on
has killed aud eaten his victim, he rest
as comfortably as if he had supped oil
mutton; while there are others i n which
he would never again find a moment
peace, but wakingo or sleeping, he hunte
/ by remorse to his grave. 1t is com
mon belief that, in sleep. fancy an
imagination wake, while reason stun
bers; in case MANY persons nay he sal
! to pass their whole lives in dream.
Goethe used to discuss with the phy
sioiogist Muller, the phenomena of slee
and dreams, but could come no near,
-. substance and structure, than IL
then sol past times; nor will iii
philosophe.. unless through q ion
coveries be made IN iaod.. drini
series OF experiments =. situation
uress, habits, air, water ana "a,
~ connection with sleep. Oth.rs
remarked that there are vino. -, a..
spIrit-dreams and beer dreams. en a,' :