 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
 | Edward Walford - 1882 - 162 Seiten
...object of poetic interest or scene of tranquil beauty, and roves delighted over a glorious prospect, " Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and silver streams." The Home Park, adjoining the Castle, contains 400 acres, and is about four miles in... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1883 - 596 Seiten
...throws the same green and pleasant shade, as when the poet feasted his eyes upon the goodly prospect 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 feel confident that the reading of Langhorne... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 Seiten
...'Tis to their changes half their charms we owe. 2593 Pope: Moral Essays. Epis. ii. Line 41. LANDSCAPE. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and vvoods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd, Thomas Nelson & Sons - 1883 - 168 Seiten
...the site of the Conqueror's Keep. The view from the top of it is very beautiful. It is a picture " Of hills and dales, and woods and lawns, and spires And glittering towers, and silver streams. " 9. The Chapel of St. George is a splendid building. There the Knights... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1885 - 416 Seiten
...before the eye as in a picture. One feels like exclaiming with Cowper : GIANT'S GRAVE, NEAR CRAWFORD " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towers and gilded streams, The stretching landscape into smoke till all decays. One of the beauties... | |
 | 1885 - 504 Seiten
...the eye as in a picture. One feels like exclaiming with Cowper : 93 GIANT'S GRAVE. NEAR CRAWFORD " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towers and gilded streams. The stretching landscape into smoke til] all decays. One of the beauties... | |
 | Herbert Fry - 1886 - 372 Seiten
...Thomson (who lived for some time in Kew Foot Lane) : "O vale of blissI O softly swelling hills, HeavensI what a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills and...and spires And glittering towns and gilded streams." The ' Lass of Richmond Hill,' celebrated in the pretty song of the last century, is not without worthy... | |
 | Gordon Stables - 1886 - 398 Seiten
...of. Have we not " Our forests and our green retreats, At once the monarch's and the muse's seats, Our hills and dales, and woods and lawns and spires, And glittering towns and silver streams " ? Yes, and go where you will anywhere round Twyford, every mile is sacred to the blood... | |
 | 1887 - 374 Seiten
...with Thomson (who lived for some time in Kew Foot Lane) : " O vale of bliss IO softly swelling hills, Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of...and spires And glittering towns and gilded streams." """^^^ The ' Lass of Richmond Hill,' celebrated in the pretty song of the London Suburbs and Environs.... | |
 | William Black - 1888 - 300 Seiten
...you've done it— successfully — for once. But, if I were you, I wouldn't try it again." CHAPTEE V. " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! " NEXT morning is a Sunday — calm and clear... | |
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