And Cain went out from the presence of the L, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDGenesis 4:16.

With ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.

-Dryden,John
  Alexander's Feast, l.42^6.

Another age shall see the golden ear Imbrown the slope, and nod on the parterre, Deep harvests bury all his pride has planned, And laughing Ceres re-assume the land.

-Pope, Alexander
Epistles to Several Persons,'To Lord Burlington', l.173^6.

In the Land of Nod at last.

-Stevenson, Robert Louis
  AChild's Garden ofVerses, XLI,'North-West Passage', pt.3,'In Port', stanza 3.