 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
 | Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...»ages have seen in thv face ? 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...the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of mine own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted... | |
 | John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...dispute. From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! what are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...journey alone, .Never hear the sweet music of speech — • It may be proper to inform some of my young renders tLat the fictitious tale of Robinson Crusoe... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...fowl and the brute. 0 sojitudc ! where are the charms Th.it sages have seen in thy face ? lit MI-, dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible...Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the snnml of my own. The beasts thai mam ov*er the plain My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude, where are thy charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better...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 speech... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrihle place . I am out of humanity's reach, T must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 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...over the plain, My form with indifference see; They arc so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...where are the charms, That sages have seen ill thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Thau reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's...over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They arc so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Thau reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's...Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at tin: sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They arc... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 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...of alarms, "-' Than reign in this horrible place. • . '-.-.a 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...there la 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. II. I am out of humanity's reach, 1 must finish my journey alone, Never hear the eweet music of speech,... | |
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