 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!  The Saturday Magazine - Page 1991841Full view - About this book
 | James Norris Brewer - England - 1820 - 498 pages
...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 pages
... POETICAL SKETCHES, THE WEST OF ENGLAND. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia ! where the queen of arts, Inspiring vigour, liberty abroad Walks unconfined, even... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...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...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, 14 Highgate and Hampatead. ''' In his last sickness. Inspiring... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly...around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, andspires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!... | |
 | John Timbs - Dorking (England) - 1822 - 276 pages
...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...sung ! Э vale of bliss ! О sofa vs welling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly...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... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - Health resorts - 1824 - 396 pages
...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... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 268 pages
...Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss! O softly swelling hills! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad Walks, unconfin'd even to... | |
 | Theology - 1826 - 684 pages
...reign of George II. From the top which we ascended, the view is bounded only by the distant horizon. " What a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." After we had gazed sufficiently long on the beautiful scenery, we descended and entered a grotto near... | |
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