 | James Hamilton - 1845 - 162 pages
...resolutions. They live in the region which the poet has described : — " A pleasing lund of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer's sky." They have performed so many journeys, and made so many discoveries,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...HOLLOW. (FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OP THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.) A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky. ("ASTI.K or INDOLENCE. IN the bosom of one of those spacious... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 672 pages
...the north of Beeckmantown lies the romantic region of Sleepy Hollow. A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky. [ Castle of Indolence. Cnstle Philipse, the ancient residence... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 550 pages
...HOLLOW. (FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.) i A pieasine land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castlos io the clontls that pau, For ever flushing round a summer sky. CASTLI or INDOLINCI. IN the... | |
 | Robert Bolton - 1848 - 642 pages
...the north of Beeckmantown lies the romantic region of Sleepy Hollow. A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay cnstles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky. [ Castle of Indolence. Cnstle... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...Thomson's poem: let him express it in his own delicious words : — "A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...winded out below, The murm'ring main was heard, and scarcelyheardtoflow A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft delights that witchingly Instil a wanton... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 534 pages
...HOLLOW. FOUND A.MUM; THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye , And of gay castles in the clonds that pan, For ever flushing ronnd a summer sky. ' '.»- MI: op INDOLlNCR. IN the bosom of one... | |
 | James Thomson - 1850 - 800 pages
...below, The murmuring main was heard, and seareely heard, to flow. VI. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was ; Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay eastles in the elouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer-sky. There eke the soft delights,... | |
 | 1852 - 460 pages
...out, below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye,...clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the... | |
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A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky... 
