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! Le stagioni - Seite 198von James Thomson - 1826 - 412 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Westall, Thomas Moule - 1834 - 454 Seiten
...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... | |
| James Thomson - 1836 - 164 Seiten
...O 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, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays... | |
| John Alonzo Clark - 1836 - 412 Seiten
...numbered with the saints in glory everlasting. THE MEETING OF THE TRAVELLERS. CHAPTER I. A JOURNEY. " What a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams." THOMSON. EVERY situation in which we are placed,... | |
| James Thomson - 1836 - 200 Seiten
...\ -- On which the Power of Cultivation lies,- / */ .„> C' And joys to see the cultivation of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, und lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape... | |
| 402 Seiten
...Iierself in slighting a truly noble and loudly attached heart. A RAMBLE IN WALES. RY CLARA PAYNE; " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires." THOM I'soN. Say, fair Reader, are you fond of rambling? if so will you deign to accompany... | |
| 538 Seiten
...Yet the spectator will be ready to exclaim, with one of the most descriptive of bards — " Heavens I what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and...and woods, and lawns, and spire«, And glittering towers, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia !... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1839 - 708 Seiten
...O, 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 hills and dales, and woods and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams ! " We have read many descriptions of this favourite... | |
| 1839 - 742 Seiten
...swelling hills, On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonder of his toil. Heavens 1 what a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills and dales, and woods and lawns, and spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams!" We have road many descriptions of this favourite... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1839 - 486 Seiten
...are well known to fame, and the muses have not been sparing to grace it with their charms. Heav'ns! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glitt'ring towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays.... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1840 - 426 Seiten
...O 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 hills and dales, and woods and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams I " We have read many descriptions of this favourite... | |
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