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OPPY. Papaver. Class 13, POLYANDRIA. 

 Order: MONOGYNIA. The poppy yields a 

 narcotic juice in considerable quantity, 

 which is frequently administered to procure 

 sleep and relieve pain ; on this account, it 

 has been made the symbol of consolation. 

 The ancients, who regarded sleep as the 



great physician, and the great consoler of human nature, crowned 



the god of sleep with a wreath of poppies. 



CONSOLATION OF SLEEP. 



Man's rich restorative; his balmy bath, 

 That supples, lubricates, and keeps in play 

 The various movements of this nice machine, 

 Which asks such frequent periods of repair. 

 When tired with vain rotations of the day, 

 Sleep winds us up for the succeeding dawn; 

 Fresh we spin on, till sickness clogs our wheels, 

 Or death quite breaks the spring, and motion ends. 



YOUNG. 



Sleep's dewy wand 



Has stroked my drooping lids, and promises 

 My long arrear of rest ; the downy god 

 (Wont to return with our returning peace) 

 Will pay, ere long, and bless me with repose. 



YOUNG. 



The noon of night is past, and gentle sleep, 

 Which friendly waits upon the labour'd hind, 

 Flies from the embraces of a monarch's arms ; 

 The mind disturb'd denies the body rest. 



SLADE. 



Kind sleep affords 



The only boon the wretched mind can feel ; 

 A momentary respite from despair. 



MURPHY. 



