| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...to I tow. A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And dness infinite, but speak in ears That hear not, or receive not their report. : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...heard, to flow. 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, For ever flushing round a summer sky." THOMSON. Reader ! get thee into the fields and woods, and enjoy these " dreams that wave before the half-shut... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 pages
...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 flushing round a summer-sky : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...to How. A -pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, o 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 sweetness through the breast,... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1838 - 400 pages
...departed for Vienna. CHAPTER III. " A pleasing land 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." THOMSON. DAILY — hourly— increased the influence of Evelyn over Maltravers. Oh , what a dupe is a man's... | |
| 1839 - 776 pages
...myself, " 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 !" I think it is Fontaine that says, " J'ai toujours cru, et le crois encore, quo le sornmcil est une... | |
| James Thomson - 1838 - 236 pages
...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 flushing round a summer-sky : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast,... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 flushing round a summer sky : There eke the soft delights, that witchingly Ingtil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the... | |
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