 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 sidor
...Hesperia sung ! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, 1435 And joys to see the wonders of his toil. HEAVENS !...towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays ! 1440 Happy BRITANNIA ! where the QUEEN of ARTS, Inspiring vigour, LIBERTY... | |
 | George Lipscomb - 1799 - 394 sidor
...mansion house. Here we suddenly arrived at a most beautiful and romantic spot called Babylon hill. " Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams." THOMPSON, The road winds down a very steep declivity, vhich,. but for the serpentine course of the... | |
 | John Feltham - 1802 - 466 sidor
...bliss ! O 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...spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams. ....... A tittle beyond the Star and Gancr, and close to the newly-built mansion of Sir Lionel Darell,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 sidor
...muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung ! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the 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,... | |
 | Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 sidor
...joy the good restore, \. " To light and joy unknown before." | THE TRAVELS OF ABDALLAH CONTINUED. " Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, "...till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays !" SECOND EVENING. TRAVELS OF ABDALLAH CONTINUED. " The tun has loit his ragei his downward orb " Shooti... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 sidor
...Hesperia sung ! O vale of bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the power of Cultivation lies, 1435 And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens !...prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, ahd lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape... | |
 | 1804 - 188 sidor
...Thomson as licentious for using the following figure ; O vale of bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, . And joys to see the wonders of his toil. We cannot conceive a more beautiful image than that of the Genius of Agriculture distinguished by the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 sidor
...Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss! O softly-swelling hills! On which the Power of cultivation lies, 1435 And joys to see the wonders of his toil. Heavens!...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! 1440 Happy Britannia ! where the ftueen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad Walks, unconfin'd,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sidor
...ages, uncorrupt, When Angels dwelt, and GOD himself, with Man! A PANEGYRIC on GREAT BRITAIN. (THOMSON.) HEAVENS! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of...towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 sidor
...Thompson as licentious for using the following figure: O vale of bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil. We cannot conceive a more beautiful image than that of the Genius of Agriculture distinguished by the... | |
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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... 
