 Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 296by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801Full view - About this book
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...genins of the place in all ; That t*Hs the waters or to rise or fall; Or helps the' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale ; Calls in the country, catches opening glades, .1oins willing woods, and varies shades from shades ; Now breaks, or now directs, the'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...into a whole, Spontaneous beauties all around advance, Start ev'n from difficulty, strike from chance; Nature shall join you ; Time shall make it grow A work to wonder at— perhaps a Stow. 70 Without it, proud Versailles ! thy glory falls ; And Nero's terraces desert" their walls :... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...the genius of the place in all, That tells the waters or to rise or fall, Or helps th' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres...vale, Calls in the country, catches op'ning glades, Joint willing woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs th' intending lines,... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Thames River (England) - 1811 - 416 pages
...the genius of the place in all, That tells the waters or to rise or fall, Or helps th' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres...vale, Calls in the country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs th' intending lines,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...a whole, Spontaneous beauties all around advance, Start ev'n from difficulty, strike from chance ; Nature shall join you ; time shall make it grow A work to Wonder at— perhaps a STOW. 70 Without it, proud Versailles ! thy glory falls ; And Nero's terraces desert their walls :... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - Kent (England) - 1814 - 380 pages
...whole,' " Spontanous beauties all around advance, " Start even from difficulty, strike from chance; "Nature shall join you; time shall make it grow " A work to wonder at - - - perhaps a STOW." The situation of the house, is by no means happily chosen, nor is the kind of building suited... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...place in all, That bids the waters rise, or gently fall ; That bids th' ambitious bills the heaves to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale;...STOWE. A. POPE. Near this column is a beautiful temple, railed the QUEEN'S BUILDING, originally designed by Kent, since whose time it bu • To Richard Lord... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...whole, Spontaneous heauties ail around advance, Start e'en from difficulty, strike from chance : Natore shall join you ; time shall make it grow A work to wonder at — perhaps a Stow. 70 Without it, proud Versailles! thy g'ory falls ; And Nero's terraces desert their walls ; The... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...place in all ; That tells the waters or to rise, or fall ; Or helps th' ambitious hill the heavens to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the vale ; Calls in the country, catches opening glades, Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades ; Now breaks, or new directs th'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...a whole, Spontaneous beauties all around advance, Start ev'n from Difficulty, strike from Chance ; Nature shall join you ; Time shall make it grow A Work to wonder at — perhaps a STOW. 70 NOTES. gour to this noble prosopopoeia, if we were to venture to alter only one word, and... | |
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