 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 - Page 198by James Thomson - 1826 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pulleyn - London (England) - 1830 - 402 pages
...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, aml woods, and lawns, and spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching... | |
 | Thomas Allen - Surrey (England) - 1831 - 564 pages
...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 towers, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays... | |
 | Jacob Green - Europe - 1831 - 296 pages
...spires of London, form a beautiful prospect; or, as Thompson, the poet of nature, finely says: Oh! 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.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens ! what agoodly 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... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...guards stand, denying all retreat, And give the flying wretch a better death. 40 NO. 129. BRITAIN. OH ! 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!... | |
 | 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 dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, — Happy Britannial— THOMSON. Ie/ LONDON: CHARLES... | |
 | 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 hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, 'till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays."... | |
 | 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 hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towers and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays."... | |
 | 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... | |
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