 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...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 !...And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays ! 1440 Happy BRITANNIA ! where the QUEEN of ARTS, Inspiring... | |
 | George Lipscomb - 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...spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams." THOMPSON, The road winds down a very steep declivity, vhich,. but for the serpentine course of the... | |
 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...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...And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts , Inspiring... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...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...And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy Britannia ! where the Queen of Arts, Inspiring vigour,... | |
 | John Feltham - 1802 - 466 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...heyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of hliss! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to...And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! Happy Britannia! where the Queen ofarts, Inspiring vigour,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...(•-'.) Highgate and Hanubead, (3) In liis last sickness. O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies , And joys...And glittering towns , and gilded streams , till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays ! Happy BRITANNIA ! where the QUEEN of ARTS, Inspiring vigour... | |
 | 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 glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays !" SECOND EVENING. TRAVELS OF ABDALLAH CONTINUED. " The... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
