| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...softly-swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, 1435 And joys to see the wonders of his toil. HEAVENS ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays ! 1440 Happy BRITANNIA... | |
| George Lipscomb - England - 1799 - 394 pages
...mansion house. Here we suddenly arrived at a most beautiful and romantic spot called Babylon hill. " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams." THOMPSON, The road winds down a very steep declivity, vhich,. but for the... | |
| John Feltham - London (England) - 1802 - 466 pages
...sottly-swelling hills ! On which the power of Cultivation lies, And joy to see the wonder of his toil. Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams. ....... A tittle beyond the Star and Gancr, and close to the newly-built... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 340 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...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia !... | |
| James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...pow'r of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. * In his last sickness. 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 ! Happy... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 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...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia! where... | |
| Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 pages
...joy the good restore, \. " To light and joy unknown before." | THE TRAVELS OF ABDALLAH CONTINUED. " Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, "...and woods, and lawns, and spires, " And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays !" SECOND EVENING.... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 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 ,...dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns , and gilded streams , till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy BRITANNIA... | |
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