 Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...  A Journey Into Cornwall, Through the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset ... - Seite 131von George Lipscomb - 1799 - 364 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 Seiten
...softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, i And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 Seiten
...swelling hills! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills and...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays 1 THOMSON. Loveliest of HILLS that rise in glory... | |
 | James Storer - 1817 - 208 Seiten
...Nature : indeed, the following lines of the poet Thomson, never were more aptly applied. " Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, " Of hills,...and lawns, and spires, " And glittering towns, and ocean wide, 'till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays." It is however necessary to observe,... | |
 | sir Thomas Hugh Constable (1st bart.) - 1817 - 474 Seiten
...spot, you feel ready to exclaim with the poet — * Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads round Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! (i) But the rage for elevated situations, so... | |
 | James Storer - 1817 - 218 Seiten
...Nature : indeed, the following lines of the poet Thomson, never were more aptly applied. " Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, " Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, 11 And glittering towns, and ocean wide, 'till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays." It... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 Seiten
...softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glktering towns, and gilded streams, till ail * In his last sickness. The stretching landscape into... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 Seiten
...hills ! • On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to sec the wonder of his toil. Heav'ns! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, ' And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays. • A native... | |
 | Mrs. Hughs (Mary) - 1818 - 190 Seiten
...exclaimed, with her favourite Thomson— " Heavens ! what a goodly prosper! spreads around. Of bills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till ail The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia! Where the queen of arts, Inspiring... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, I And joys to see the wonders of his toil. ughts, and heart enlarges ; hath his scat In reason, and is judicious ; till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the queen of arts, Inspiring... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...spirit flies, Sweet |o the world, and grateful to the skies. . XI- — Panegyric on Great Britain. HEAVENS ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, ' And glitt'ring towr.s, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy... | |
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