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
| Fanny Osborne - Geography - 1852 - 394 pages
...Oh ! you mean Alexander Selkirk's soliloquy. I think I can remember some of the verses : — " ' I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...roam over the plain My form with indifference see ; They're so unaccustomed to man, Their lameness is shocking to me.' " ' Religion ! what treasure untold... | |
| 1852 - 108 pages
...sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam oyer the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is... | |
| William Cowper - Authors, English - 1853 - 800 pages
...thcro 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,... | |
| James Chapman - 286 pages
...! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 92 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 bestow'd upon men ! Oh ! had I the wings of a dove, How... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...there is none to dispute; From the center all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 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... | |
| 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
...there is none to dispute; 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... While in the country to the same metre, but to organic instruments, handmade violin, chac-chac, and... | |
| 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... | |
| Lydia Wevers - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 246 pages
...there is none to dispute; 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. These are Cowper's 'Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk', whose famous account of his... | |
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