 | James Thomson - 1892 - 148 pages
...repose. 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 wonders of his toil. Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Literature - 1928 - 244 pages
...particularly with regard to abstract terms; and he specifies the following verses: " O vale of bliss ! O softly swelling hills ! On which the Power of cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil." SUMMER. 1423. The book of Kames appeared in 1762. Three years afterwards... | |
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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. 
