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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... "
The Poetical Works of James Thomson - Page 109
by James Thomson - 1854
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

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 !...towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landskip into smoke decays ! 1440 Happy BRITANNIA ! where the QUEEN of ARTS, Inspiring vigour, LIBERTY...
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A Journey Into Cornwall, Through the Counties of Southampton, Wilts, Dorset ...

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...spires. And glittering towns, and gilded streams." THOMPSON, The road winds down a very steep declivity, vhich,. but for the serpentine course of the...
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The Picture of London, for 1803: Being a Correct Guide to All the ...

John Feltham - London (England) - 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,...
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - English poetry - 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,...
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The wanderer: or, A collection of original tales and essays, Volume 2

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, "...till all " The stretching landscape into smoke decays !" SECOND EVENING. TRAVELS OF ABDALLAH CONTINUED. " The tun has loit his ragei his downward orb " Shooti...
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Select British Classics, Volume 4

English literature - 1804 - 188 pages
...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...
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The seasons; with his life, by mr. Murdoch

James Thomson - 1806 - 242 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!...till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays! 1440 Happy Britannia ! where the ftueen of Arts, Inspiring vigour, Liberty abroad Walks, unconfin'd,...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith..

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pages
...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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The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the ..., Volume 4

B. Lambert - London (England) - 1806 - 624 pages
...beyond wbate'er the musa . Has of Achaia, or Hesncria sung ! 0 vale of bibs ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonder of his toil. 1 leav'ns 1 what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills and dales, and woods,...
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