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 Poems of William Cowper - Page 215by William Cowper - 1905 - 741 pagesFull view - About this book
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 304 pages
...there is none to 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...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,... | |
| 1839 - 430 pages
...prayed that they might bo happy. For llifl Pouxhkaopsio Casket. SOCIETY ESSENTIAL, TO HAPPINESS. '•I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. Society, friendship and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh ! had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...there is none to 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...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speeeh,... | |
| 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...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...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,... | |
| Literature - 1902 - 874 pages
...(laufjtiter), and he was Irresistibly reminded of the similar case of Alexander Selkirk, who had said: "I'm out of humanity's reach; I must finish my Journey...music of speech, I start at the sound of my own." (Loud laughter.) And then, as if turning to his own party, Lord Rosebery proceeded: "The beasts that... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...in the midst of alarms, Than reign — in this horrible place. I am out — of humanity's reach, 1 must finish my journey — alone; Never hear the sweet...over the plain. My form, with indifference see : They ore no unacquainted with man, Their lameness— is shocking to niti. Society, friendship, and love.... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have...alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's3 reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech — I start... | |
| Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...is none to 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...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. * The island of Juan Fernandez lies to the west of South America, about three hundred miles from the... | |
| Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pages
...Better dwell in amidst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, Must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet...roam over the plain, My form with indifference see ; Thev are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love... | |
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