 | William Gaspey - London (England) - 1851 - 496 pages
...height, and Esher's groves. Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia, or Hesperia sung ! O vale of bliss ! 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,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...name of Richmond, signifying in or Splendour. fair, THOMSON'S WORKS. О vale of bliss ! О воШу swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens! what agoodly prospectspreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1852 - 880 pages
...repose. Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the muse Has of Achala or Hesperia sang ! О vale of bliss ! О 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 spire«,... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung ! O vale of bliss ' O softly-swelling s sing: I cannot go Where Universal Love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 626 pages
...its Hamadryad, and every art its Genius. We cannot, therefore, assent to those who censure Thomson as licentious for using the following figure : " O...cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil." Neither can we join issue against Shakspeare for his comparison, whtch hath likewise incurred the censure... | |
 | James Thomson, George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1853 - 408 pages
...vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung ! 0 vale of bliss ! 0 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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...its Hamadryad ; and every art its Genius. We cannot, therefore, assent to those who censure Thomson as licentious for using the following figure : O vale...bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the power or cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. We cannot conceive a more beautiful image... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1854 - 312 pages
...whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung ! 0 Vale of bliss ! O softly swelling Hills ! 1435 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,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1854 - 404 pages
...vale ! beyond whatever the Muse Has of Achaia or Hespcria sung! O vale of bliss ! 0 softly-swelling hills! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders oFTiis to1l. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns,... | |
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O vale of bliss! O softly swelling hills! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. 
