 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 History, Topography, and Antiquities of Highgate, in the County of ... - Sivu 159tekijä(t) John H. Lloyd (of Highgate.) - 1888 - 519 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1826 - 688 sivua
...II. From the top which we ascended, the view is bounded only by the distant horizon. — — — u What a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and...spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till aU The stretching landscape into smoke decays." After we had gazed sufficiently long on the beauuful... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 430 sivua
...softly-swelling hills! On which thè Power of Cultivation lies , And joys to see thè wonders of bis toil. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spire», And glittering towns, and gilded streatns, till ali The stretching landscape into smoke decays!... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 438 sivua
...joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, nnd dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretehing landscape into smoke decays! Happy BRITANNIA! where the QUEEN of ARTS , Inspiring vigour,... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 sivua
...the summit of the Fice Fields : — " Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spread around Of hills, »nd dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams." This is a fairy region. The ravished eye glances from villa to grove, turret, pleasure-ground, hill,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 176 sivua
...glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! . 1440 Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad Walks, unconfined, even to thy furthest cots, And scatters plenty with unsparing hand. Rich is thy soil, and merciful... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - 1827 - 646 sivua
...softly-swelling hills! On which the power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonder of his toil. Heay'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays. Thomson's residence, Rossdale-house, in Kew-foot-laue, has been enlarged and improved since his death,... | |
 | 1828 - 488 sivua
...then shall we think of the felicity or dignity of the following passage of Thomson, in its close ? Heavens! what a goodly prospect • spreads around,...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, ill all The stretching landscape into smoke decays. This is surely a very unlucky image,. The landscape... | |
 | John Feltham - 1829 - 620 sivua
...swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonder of his toil. Heav'ns ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and...and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams ! Some portions of the old Palace of Sheen, the favourite residence of many of the Kings of England,... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 sivua
...goodly prospect spreads around, 'Of hills and dales, and woods and lawns, and spires, And glitl'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching..."Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigor, Liberty, abroad Walks unconfin'd, even to thy farthest cots, And scatters plenty with unsparing... | |
 | A F. Kendall - 1830 - 704 sivua
...softly-swelling hills! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonder of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." RIPLEY is a pleasant hamlet in the parish of Send, and is on the high road from London to Guildford,... | |
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