 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.  Poems - Page 214by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...falls on every third syllable 5 as, 1 am monarch of all 1 survey, My right theTe is none to dis/urfe ,From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the/owZand the brute. Or, 'Tis night | and the landscape is lovely no more t I mourn ; \ but ye woodlands... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN Till: ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. 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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY AUOUE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. 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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen ill thy face? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...ascent, and take an almost unhounded view of the country around me, and then I have only to repeat— 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 hrute ! and, during the repetition, to exercise that faith (under such circumstances, trifling effort... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of aVl I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From...centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and th« brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in tUy dee ? Better dwell in the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...Opposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during Fin solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandes. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitnde! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face •' Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1820 - 332 pages
...almost aspired to the self-complacent feelings of Robinson Crusoe, in the Island of Juan Feriiandez : " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the land and the brute." UNDERCL1FF. Again on my horse, I rode westward along the sea coast. The path which... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...foundation of the most popular book in the world— Robinson Crusoe.] I AM monarch of all I surrey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...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,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - Didactic fiction - 1820 - 286 pages
...desert island; but more, I think, to be pitied than he: for Hobinson, you know, could very well say, " I am monarch of all I survey: My right there is none...to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea, I an lord of the fowl and the brute." . ttNow Columbus was a " monarch" too ; but then he was the king... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right 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 in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
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