 | Thomas Faulkner - Hammersmith (England) - 1839 - 482 pages
...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. — Thomson.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - England, Southern - 1840 - 426 pages
...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 spot ; and before we had seen it we were almost... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 274 pages
...cultivation lies, And Ioys to see the wonders of his toil. — Heavens, what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns,...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays-. IH these beautiful lines — whose length will be pardoned on account of their beauty— does the poet... | |
 | Periodicals - 1841 - 276 pages
...cultivation lies. And joy* to see the wonders of his toil.— Heavens, what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods, and lawns,...streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decay* IK these beautiful lines — whose length will be pardoned on account of their beauty — does... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley - Surrey (England) - 1842 - 296 pages
...gravelly bed; and eminences, commanding a vast extent of " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays." — Thomson: Summer — 1440. Richmond, however, does not depend alone... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1842 - 384 pages
...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 glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all u«> The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the queen of arts, Inspiring... | |
 | James Thomson - 1842 - 440 pages
...wonders of bis toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, ind lawns, and spires. And glittering towns, and gilded...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad Walks, unconfin'd even... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...Cultivation lies. And joys to sec the wonders of his toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads ew-bom maid : From whence the tender skin assumes...cleanliness remains Incapable of outward stains : From whenc Happy Britannia .' where the queen of arts, oi Inspiring vigor, liberty abroad Walks, unconfin'd, ev'n... | |
 | Edward Parry - Wales - 1843 - 252 pages
...Melidan, we come in view of the celebrated VALE OF CLWYD. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,...gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into air decays. — THOMSON. At this end of the vale is the fashionable town of RHYL,a Which, from its... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...any other mode. Examples. " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around Of hills and dales, of woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns,...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays." THOMPSON'S SEASONS. " O now forever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content! Farewell the plumed... | |
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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! 
