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Opium & Dreams in the Romantic PeriodEssay Preview: Opium & Dreams in the Romantic PeriodReport this essayDuring what is generally defined as the Romantic period, many poets, scientists and philosophers were greatly intrigued by dreams. Southey kept a dream journal, as did Sir Hymphry Davy, a close friend of Coleridges; Thomas Beddoes wrote of dreams.