 | John Howell - 1837 - 154 pages
...supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK. DURING Iii3 SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OP JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monareh of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the eharms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, duringhia solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez.*— CUWPEB. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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 ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BT ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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 ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRIi'lEN BY ALEXANDER 8ELEIRE DURDTG HIS BOLTTARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OP JUAIt FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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 ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pages
...continent of europe, and the union between england and scotland. VIII. I am monarch of all i survey, IX. o solitude ! where are the charms that sages have seen...midst of alarms, than reign in this horrible place. The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men. under trouble, it soothes... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - English language - 1841 - 290 pages
...an additional syllable. But his courage 'gan fail him For no art could avail him. Three Anaptzsts. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Four Anapcests. At the close of the day when the hamlet is still. Hypermeter of four Anapasts. On the... | |
 | Frederick Hall - Geology - 1840 - 202 pages
...most of the English lords. Its owner is a Mr. Bell, who might exclaim, as Cowper makes Selkirk do, "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." Mr. B. is a very intelligent, obliging inn-keeper, and is well known to all respectable travellers,... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1871 - 388 pages
...an apt quotation from Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk," — ' Oh, solitude, where are the charms Which sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. ' But, for all that, I wasn't going to say that I was sorry to that long-shanked Owen." " I would say... | |
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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. 
