Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.”
Julius Cæsar Act I. Sc. iii.
[68] The following well-known glee is formed on this song:—
“He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober,
Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October;
But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow,
Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.”
[69] Sir E. J. Reed, M.P.
[70] Charles Dickens then resided at Gad’s Hill, near Rochester, Kent.