| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 sidor
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND O? 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 sidor
...9upt,osed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his iolitarj abode ill the ishmtl 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,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 sidor
...all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I must finish my journey alone ; , Never hear the sweet music of speech ; . , I am out of humanity's... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 sidor
...written by Alexander Selkirk, duringhia solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez.*— CUWPEB. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 sidor
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BT ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...fowl and the brute. O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 sidor
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRIi'lEN BY ALEXANDER 8ELEIRE DURDTG HIS BOLTTARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OP JUAIt FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...fowl and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
| James Chapman - 286 sidor
...her ports rejoice, Wliile all her sons adore thy choice. With him for ever dwell. ROBINSON CRUSOE. I AM monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none...sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, O solitude ! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 92 I... | |
| James Chapman - 378 sidor
...The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. Examples ; the Bar to be placed after th* secoid Cadence. 1. •1 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 bru1e. 2. | Swift through the sky the vessel of the Suras, Sails up the field of ether like an angel... | |
| Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 sidor
...grave where our hero we buried. Cowper's Alexander Selkirk consists of anapaestic verses of three feet: I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing From the raindrops... | |
| Joseph Matkin - 1993 - 512 sidor
...which was to bear him to his distant home. I could not help thinking of Cowper's poem on the subject. "O Solitude where are the charms which sages have...Better dwell in the midst of alarms, than reign in his horrible place." At the back of the settlement are some enormous caves in the hill sides, & in... | |
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