 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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,... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...her ports rejoice, Wliile all her sons adore thy choice. With him for ever dwell. ROBINSON CRUSOE. 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 ! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 378 pages
...The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. Examples ; the Bar to be placed after th* secoid Cadence. 1. •1 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bru1e. 2. | Swift through the sky the vessel of the Suras, Sails up the field of ether like an angel... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...grave where our hero we buried. Cowper's Alexander Selkirk consists of anapaestic verses of three feet: I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing From the raindrops... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Juan Fernandez 23 I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the center y lack, I leave; they pine, I live. (I. 25-30) BLPL;...EIL; FaBoBe; LiTB; NAEL-1. NIP; NOBE; OBSC; PoEL-1; 1—8) 24 When I think of my own native land. In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...dining-room door — to arise from the table and with his hands on his huge host's shoulders, exclaim: Oh, solitude, where are the charms, That sages have seen...thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than live in this horrible place. Webster and Clay had, in Washington, intrusted to Ewing an important Whig... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - Politics and literature - 1994 - 452 pages
...with painful irony: "From the centre all round to the sea / I am lord of the fowl and the brute. / Oh, solitude! where are the charms / That sages have seen...midst of alarms / Than reign in this horrible place." 24. Walden: or, Life in the Woods, chapter 2, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For." 25. "Robinson... | |
 | Philip Koch - Philosophy - 1994 - 400 pages
...people find solitude unappealing, and would exclaim with William Cowper Oh Solitude! where are thy charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. — "Lines Supposed to Have Been Written by Alexander Selkirk"" or at least echo his gentler pronouncement... | |
 | Sture All n - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 116 pages
...patois. One rose hearing two languages, one of the trees, one of school children reciting in English: 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 alarms,... | |
 | Edward E. Leslie - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 614 pages
...is none to dispute: From the centre ali around to the sea. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. — William Cowper. "Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk. During His Solitary Abode... | |
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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. 
