...Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose...flowers among, Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver- winding way. Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my...

...magnificent prospect in well-known lines: — ." From the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose...whose flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way." The north side of the terrace is constantly open to the public ; and this is by...

...scenes where his early youth was passed, breaks out in the genuine language of poetry and of nature : "Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! "Ah, fields...belov'd in vain ! "Where once my careless childhood etray'd, '•A stranger yet to pain ! "I feel the gales that from you blow "A momentary bliss bestow...

...was ready to exclaim with the poet, • " Ah, happy courts! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain I I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My...

...new impulse, the glorious prospect which burst at once upon her view " Of grove, of lawn, of mead, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among, Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way;" drew forth expressions of almost wild delight, and proved that her young heart...

...stand on the terrace : " And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights, the expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose...flowers among, Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way." But such a mead ! such turf! such shade! "Father Thames" might be compared to...

...that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights the' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead sur/ey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver- winding way : Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing shade ! Ah, fields beloved in vain ! Where once...

...her understanding." CHAPTER XXXIX. Ah , happy hills ! — ah , pleasing shades ! Ah, fields beloved in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain. Ode on a distant prospect of Eton Cotttge. IT is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men...

...Her Henry's* holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey — Whose turf, whose shade, whose flow'rs among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way : Ah, happy hills ! ah, pleasing...

...upon the poet's description of it — " From the stately brow Of Windsor's heights, the expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey; Whose turf, whose...flowers, among Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver winding way." From thence he walks to Slough — saw the residence of that great astronomer,...