Insomnia: Interesting poem from 18th Century Scottish writer buried next to Shakespeare

James Thomson B V was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland on the 23rd November 1834.

At the age of 8 his sister died and his father suffered a stroke. Thomson was now sent south to be raised in a London orphanage, the Royal Caledonian Asylum on Chalk near Holloway. Shortly thereafter he was given the news that his mother had also now died. It was a bleak beginning to the next chapters of his life and would undoubtedly go a long way towards shaping both his character and his future.

Thomson traine...