All you require is moral stamina to tear yourself away from the arms of Morpheus at an earlier hour in the

The Pope's book of exorcisms was in its proper place, his vial of holy water stood unbroken upon his table; and his chamberlains deposed that they had consigned him to Morpheus at the usual hour.

We have, then, to set up in the place of Morpheus and Apollo, the new gods of the internal secretion of a chemical-making bit of the brain, as an explanation of the rhythms of sleep and wakefulness.

Where fennish fogges and vapours do abound There Morpheus doth dwell within the ground; No crowing Cocke or waking bell doth call, Nor watchful dogge disturbeth sleepe at all; No sound is heard in compasse of the hill; But euery thing is quiet, whisht,[107] and still.

Three sonnes I haue; the eldest Morpheus hight, He shewes of man the shape or sight; The second, Icelor, whose beheasts Doth shewe the formes of birds and beasts; Phantasor for the third, things lifeles hee: Chuse which like thee of these three.

Morpheus; if he in humane shape appeare.

Morpheus, come forth in perfect likenes heere Ofhow call ye the Gentlewoman? Iris.

Enter Eurymine, to be supposed Morpheus.

Morpheus, farewell; to Iuno I will flie.

[106] No doubt the writer had in his mind the description of "Morpheus house" in the Faerie Queene (Book i., Canto I).

so ho, so ho, Appetitus? faith, now I think Morpheus himself hath been here.

This sleepy bit, from the dwelling of Morpheus, invites us to linger:

Gentles, wee thanke yee all, the night hath spent His youth, and drowsie Morpheus bids us battell.

When heroes, statesmen, senators, and kings, Lords, and et ceteras of meaner things, Forget the road to fortuneor to jail, And Morpheus all their equal guardian hail!

ODE TO MORPHEUS.

Yet if when sleep the body chains In sweet oblivion of its pains, Thou bid'st imagination active wake, Oh, Morpheus!

If Morpheus, thus thou'lt cheat the gloomy night, For thy embrace I'll fly day's garish light, Nor ever wish to wake while dreams like this inspire! HUGH DELMORE.

He caught it badly, and roared, "Morpheus."

Beat me, Morpheus.

In the 'Oceana' other theories of government are discussed before Harrington elaborates his own, and English history appears under disguise of names, William the Conqueror being called Turbo; King John, Adoxus; Richard II., Dicotome; Henry VII., Panurgus; Henry VIII., Coraunus; Queen Elizabeth, Parthenia; James I., Morpheus; and Oliver Cromwell, Olphaus Megaletor.

I'll take a chance in the morning and find out anyhow!" said he, and, eased in mind by the decision of action, he too shook hands with Morpheus and was presently dreaming.

Though the author may very likely have known Spenser's description of the house of Morpheus (Faery Queen, I. i. 348, &c.), he certainly drew his own account straight from Ovid (Metam.

"Methinks 'twould be a good beginning, if thou wouldst renew thy suit by sending the maid to her chamber and let her espouse Morpheus and 'suage her grief upon a bosom thou needst not be jealous of."

The first time he was drawn, he wrote a friend, "Inclination having yielded to Importunity, I am now contrary to all expectation under the hands of Mr. Peale; but in so graveso sullen a moodand now and then under the influence of Morpheus, when some critical strokes are making, that I fancy the skill of this Gentleman's Pencil will be put to it, in describing to the World what manner of man I am."

" SOMNUS, the god of Sleep, a brother of Death, and a son of Night, represented, he and Death, as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands; near the dwelling of Somnus flowed the river of Lethe, which crept along over pebbles, and invited to sleep; he was attended by Morpheus, who inspired pleasing dreams.