Come to me, sleep.
Come to me sleep, on the wings of the rain. No need to whisper my baby's name in my ear again, I am not likely to forget it... No need, you elfin spirits of the dark, to paint each night her image on...
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they used to - it nearly finished Coleridge off... (Kendal Black Drop - a heavy mixture of spirits and laundanum)
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This reminds me so much of Shakespeare's "sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care." and I always think of that line if I lie awake because of some worry that is on my mind. Fortunately not too...
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Laudanum was a real cure all wasn't it? I guess I'll just suffer through insomnia... I can't afford to have my senses dulled any dimmer than they already are!!
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thanks Jean and Sarah again - Paracelsus was one of the first to prescibe it but it soon became a vice for the romantics and those who could afford it...
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Ah, I think is a better plea for sleep than counting sheep. I so very much enjoyed your poem.
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This is a gem! Could I grant you sleeep my poet friend indeed I would , I would. Dee
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"Come to me sleep and bathe my brow with some soft tincture of oblivion; steep me in forgetfullness" I am sure we have all longed for relief from grief and sorrow, and this poem expreses this so...
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thanks latekate and Dee Bluelizard - strictly it was opium dissolved in alcohol, usually wine I wonder if sheep dissolved in guinness would work?
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Yes, tincture of opium is opium dissolved in alcohol and water, but the active ingredients are morphine and codeine. I'm sure the Guinness would work well.
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Codeine was still an active ingrediant in cough medicines in the 60 and was sought after by some for this reason just as cocaine was originally used in Coca -cola! I like the tales of Holmes and...
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In Australia, Linctus codeine can still be bought on prescription. In fact, it is still possible to get laudanum, as tinct opii, on prescription, although this would be very unusual. Mist morph...
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yes, there is a whole history of drug use in literature - although it was cccaine that Sherlock used, not opium! Cannanis is sometimes prescribed for some conditions these days too, including MS
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yes - although it was cocaine that Sherlock used, not opium! he used it to relieve the ennui he felt between interesting cases...
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