 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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign...  The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee - Page 193by William Cowper - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1794 - 254 pages
...brute. 0 Solitude! where are the charms That Sages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midft of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of Humanity's reach, I mufl finifh my journey alone, Never * Alexander Selkirk was a Native of Scotland, and an ex- • cellent... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...lord uf thejowl and the lrute. Oh, Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy Jace? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible- place. Tut fourth stan/a of Selkirk's supposed soliloquy is, I believe, new, and has considerable beauty.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...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 in thy face ? Better dwell in...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. n. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 in thy face? Better dwell in...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...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 in thy face ? Better dwell in...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 - 1810 - 390 pages
...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...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...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...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...to dispute ; v I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, Thatsag,-s have seen in thy 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 alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...centre all ronnd to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brnte. 0 Solitnde! where arc the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am ont of hnmanity's reach, I mnst finish my jonrney alone, IN ever hear the sweet mnsic of speech,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are thy charms, Thnt »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 alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
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