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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... "
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the ... - Page 320
by Robert Bolton - 1848
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...SLEEPY HOLLOW. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. (FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.) A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that...half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pus, For ever flushing round a summer sky. CASTLE or INDOLF.NCF. IN the bosom of one of those spacious...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 89

English literature - 1822 - 880 pages
...describes, was the beau ideal of calmness and repose. " A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was ; ОГ dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds, that pass For ever Hushing round a sommer sky." He is, indeed, the poet of the art, and seems to have consecrated his...
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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Volume 2

Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1823 - 402 pages
...SLEEPY HOLLOW. THE LEGEND SLEEPY HOLLOW. (FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDIUCH KNICKERBOCKER. ) A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that...castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing rouud a summer sky. CASTLE or INDOLENCE. IN the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...SLEEPY HOLLOW. THE LEGEND SLEEPY HOLLOW. (FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE TMEDHICH KNICKERBOCKER . A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that...flushing round a summer sky. CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. IN the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...out, below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely beard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head tless wish, and rave ; my parched throat С c Finds...: But if a slumber haply does invade My weary limb : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the...
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Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: Or, An Attempt to Trace Such ...

Samuel Hibbert - Apparitions - 1825 - 514 pages
...EXCITEMENTS AND DEPRESSIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SLEEPING AND DREAMING STATES. " A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye...in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer-sky." Castle of Indolence. IN this chapter will be described the particular excitements and...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...out, below. The murmuring main was heard, and seareely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head e`e fqf ^ g D eastles in the elouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft delights,...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...; And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that...clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft delights that witchingly Instill a wanton sweetness through the breast, And calm...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 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...And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever Hushing round a summer-sky : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness...
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The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence: To which is Prefixed the Life of the ...

James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...valley winded out, below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard to flow. A pleasing laud of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the cloud that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly...
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