 A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was: Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.  The Century - Page 4241920Full view - About this book
 | St. Leger Landon Carter - 1844 - 230 pages
...walls — 205 CASTLES IN THE AIR. A pleasing land of drowsyhead it was Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky. — Thomson. In yonder clouds by sunset gilt, I, mimic castles see; How like the castles... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 pages
...and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave hefore the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
 | 1852 - 248 pages
...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, Forever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
 | 1852 - 460 pages
...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, Forever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 pages
...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, Forever flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pages
...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, Forever flushing round a summer sky ; There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1860 - 590 pages
...reveries to which it gave birth. " A pleasing land of drowsibed it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky." It reminded me of the loveliest glimpses of the Mediterranean ; there were the same... | |
 | Sir Richard Francis Burton - 1860 - 596 pages
...it gave birth. " A pleasing land of drowsihed it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eve, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever 'flushing round a summer sky." It reminded me of the loveliest glimpses of the Mediterranean ; there were the same... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...I.ATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER ''A pleasingr land of drowsy head it was. Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever Hushing round a summer sky." CASTLE OF ISDOLENCE. jN the bosom of one of those spacious coves which... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1866 - 332 pages
...for Vienna. VOL. II. — 12 CHAPTER III. " A pleasing land * * ^ * Of dreams thtit wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flashing round a summer sky." — THOMSON. DAILY — hourly — increased the influence of Evelyn over... | |
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