The Banks Of The Thames Are Everywhere Beautiful, Everywhere
Charming; How Delighted Was I With The Sight Of It When, Having Lost
It For A Short Time, I Suddenly And Unexpectedly Saw It Again With
All Its Beautiful Banks.
In the vale below, flocks were feeding;
and from the hills I heard the sweet chimes of distant bells.
The circumstance that renders these English prospects so
enchantingly beautiful, is a concurrence and union of the tout
ensemble. Everything coincides and conspires to render them fine,
moving pictures. It is impossible to name, or find a spot, on which
the eye would not delight to dwell. Any of the least beautiful of
any of these views that I have seen in England would, anywhere in
Germany, be deemed a paradise.
Reinforced, as it were, by this gratifying prospect, to support
fresh fatigues, I now walked a quick pace, both up and down the
hills, the five remaining miles to Henley, where I arrived about
four in the afternoon.
To the left, just before I got to Henley, on this side of the
Thames, I saw on a hill a fine park and a magnificent country seat,
at present occupied by General Conway.
Just before my entrance into Henley, I walked a little directly on
the banks of the Thames; and sat myself down in the high grass,
whilst opposite to me, on the other side, lay the park on the hill.
As I was a little tired, I fell asleep, and when I awoke the last
rays of the setting sun just shone upon me.
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