 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
 | Thomas Moule - Great Britain - 1832 - 388 pages
...SERIES OF SIXTY VIEWS. BY W. WESTALL, ESQ., ARA DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SCENERY. BY THOMAS MOULE, ESQ. What a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, — Happy Britannial— THOMSON. Ie/ LONDON: CHARLES TILT, 86, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXXXH. ...... THE... | |
 | 1833 - 742 pages
...sorry, or studious in that neighbourhood, at the time he wrote, and concludes with this fine burst — Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of...'till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." So you see, Lucy, the whole matter ends in " smoke" after all, like most other fine things in this... | |
 | Charles Samuel Stewart - Great Britain - 1834 - 278 pages
...plain below, 1 entered fully into the enthusiasm of the poet, when of a similar scene he exclaims, " Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towers and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." THE SABBATH. 29 LETTER... | |
 | B. Ducos - 1834 - 428 pages
...peuplent, animent la contrée. Qui ne s'écrierait avec Thomson : Heav'ns,! what a goodlv prospcct spreads around, Of hills and dales , and woods , and lawns , and spires, And glitfrinc; towns, and pildcd streams" ! 1 O ciel ! quelle belle perspective se déploic à l'entour,... | |
 | William Westall, Thomas Moule - Great Britain - 1834 - 454 pages
...FIFTY-NINE VIEWS. BY W. BESTALL, ESQ., ARA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SCENERY. BY THOMAS MOULE, ESQ. What a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills, and dales, and woods, ami lawns, and spire», And glittering towns, and gilded streams, — Happy Britannia! THOMSON. LONDON... | |
 | A. Walton - Thames Valley (England) - 1834 - 158 pages
...glory of one. Thomson, who was a true poet of nature, has well said, when writing on this subject, Heavens, what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and lawns and spires, And glittering towns and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 876 pages
...enchanting. We reached the summit of the Five Field» : — " Hcav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spread around Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams." This is a fairy region. The ravished eye glances from villa to grove, turret, pleasure-ground, hill,... | |
 | 1887 - 374 pages
...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 pages
...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...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! " NEXT morning is a Sunday — calm and clear and still ; a placid sunlight falls on the trees in... | |
 | John H. Lloyd (of Highgate.) - Highgate (London, England) - 1888 - 552 pages
...railway bookstalls, one shilling. " Londimim Redivivttm, 4 The Seasons. '" Highgate and Hampstead. 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, e'en... | |
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