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
| John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 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...speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that Toam over the plain My form with indifference see : They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness... | |
| William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...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. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...is none to dispute; *rom the centre all 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. I am out of humanity's reach, J must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
| Allen Fisk - English language - 1822 - 192 pages
...there ie none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the biate. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have...this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, Mu't finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...there is none to dispute , From the centre all round to the seft, 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. IL 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - Boys - 1822 - 520 pages
...his book. "Potential mood; sim, sip, sit ; simus, sitis, sint." Then again to the verses : — " I am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey...music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own." 41 Preter-imperfect ; essem, esses, esset ; essemus, essetis, essent, What is that, Mary, about the... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...That sages have seen in thy face ? Beiter dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in ihis ho'nble place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish...Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at Uie sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see : They are so... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...Than reign in this horrible place. 8. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone; i Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the...sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, i My form with indifference see: They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.... | |
| William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. BB Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." Of anapaestic measures, each verse consisting of four feet, take the following example from Moore :... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...is none to dispute : From the centre all round to the seit, 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. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never bear the sweet music of speech... | |
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