 I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign...  The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Side 388av William Cowper - 1854Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 sider
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude \ where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. l am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | M. G. Lewis - 1825 - 1098 sider
...the pleasures of retirement. I should be tempted to sing, with Robinson Cnisoe, " Oh! Solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this solitary place ' " • - • The eyes of the strauger beamed with warm affection as he spoke, and told... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 sider
...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. ' O solitude ! where are the charms, IT .. That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. J. . ' ' 2. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 354 sider
...what I commend and that which Alexander Selkirk pathetically apostrophizes:— " ' O, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reigKln this horrible place.' Dear to my bosom is the unexpected drop-in of a friend or neighbour—sweet,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 sider
...of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face I, . Better dwell in the midst of alarms,. Than reign in...humanity's reach, ' I( must finish my journey alone ; ,_ Never hear the sweet music of speech.^ I start at (the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 sider
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms. Than reign in this horrible place. 2 1 am out of humanity's reach, v Never hear the sweet music of speech ; 1 start at the sound of my own.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 sider
...dispute.; From the centre all round to the sea, lam lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. BI am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone : Never hear the. sweet music of speech... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 sider
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet musick of speech,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 sider
...AM monarch of all I survey, SECTION V. tufifiosed to be "written by Alexander Selkirk, during tii* That sages have seen in thy face ? . Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 2.I am out of humanity's reach; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 262 sider
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Thau reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone,... | |
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