 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
 | William Scott - 1820 - 398 Seiten
...flies, Sweet to the world, and grateful to the skies. XI. — Panegyric on Great Britain. — THOMPSON. HEAVENS ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spirer And glitt'ring towns, and gilded dreams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1820 - 498 Seiten
...circumference ; and from various points in this fine domain are obtained extensive and beautiful views of " Hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, " And glittering towers, and gilded streams, till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays!" LEICESTERSHIRE.... | |
 | Marmaduke Middleton - 1822 - 102 Seiten
... POETICAL SKETCHES, THE WEST OF ENGLAND. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia ! where the queen of arts, Inspiring... | |
 | 1822 - 278 Seiten
...which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see th^ wonders of his toil. Heavens! whatagoodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, 14... | |
 | John Timbs - 1822 - 276 Seiten
...his princely brow, In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent : ° • * ' * * * * Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, till all Tbc stretching landscape into mist decays. Thomson. Leith-Hill Tower, which stands upon one... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 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, andspires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 Seiten
...ambrosial spirit flies, Sweet to the world, and grateful to the skies. XI. — Panegyric on Great Britain. HEAVENS ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glitt'ring towns, and guilded streams, till all i The stretching landscape into smoka decays! Happy... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - 1824 - 396 Seiten
...and Tachbrook, on the right; the whole bounded, in the distance, by the Shuckburgh and Edge Hills. " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, -...lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded stream, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." Entering a small grove of trees, at the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 Seiten
...vs welling 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 In loose inglorious luxury. With him, * The old name of Richmond, signifying in His friend, the British... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 268 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...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring... | |
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