 Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted...  Class-book of English Poetry - Page 83by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1924 - 774 pages
...out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, 10 Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, 15 Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had... | |
 | Robert Bridges - Children's poetry, English - 1924 - 296 pages
...am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, 88 Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of rny own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with...Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man ! 0, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage... | |
 | James William Lowther Ullswater (1st viscount) - Great Britain - 1925 - 376 pages
...fear of man and will hardly move out of the way ; in fact, to use the words of Alexander Selkirk : The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. On the 3rd of July the King paid a visit to Rugby School, to open the fine school hall recently erected... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam...shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then... | |
 | A. C. E. Vechtman-Veth - English language - 1928 - 352 pages
...out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey [alone, Never hear the sweet music [of speech, I start at the sound of my [own. The beasts that roam...unacquainted with [man Their tameness is shocking [to me. (From COWPEB, Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk.) At last one night it [chanced That... | |
 | Margo Culley - Biography & Autobiography - 1985 - 364 pages
...— It rains most dreadfully & they say it is the clearing off shower — Oh, if it only proves so "Oh had I the wings of a dove, how soon would I meet you again" — We have never found the wretches indelicate till last evening, but while we were... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 332 pages
...again revealingly reshaped from its source, this time lines spoken by Cowper's supposed "Selkirk": The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.51 "Crusoe" ignores Cowper's particular satiric point here that the insulting "indifference" offensive... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...out of humanity 's reach , I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam...indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is shocking to me. 16 Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - Poetry - 2007 - 778 pages
...am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam...shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then... | |
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