| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to publick view, From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from men, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...Hermit. Parnelt. FA.R in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to .ige a rev'rend Hermit grewj The mofs his bed, the cave his humble cell: His food the fruits, his drink the cryllal well: Remote from man, with God he pafs'd his days, Fray'r ali his bufinefk, all his pleafure... | |
| George Horne - 1806 - 250 pages
...initiated into the myftery of * Luke i. SO. a holy life, and perfected in the difcipllne of felf-denial; The mofs his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food...drink the chryftal well: Remote from man, with God he pafs'4 the days, Pray'r ail his bus'nefs, all his pleafure praife. PARNELL. THIS difpenfation in... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...wish success had more adorn'd his arms , "Who gave the world for Cleopatra's charms. THE HERMIT. r AR in a wild , unknown to public view , From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed , the cave his humble cell , His food the fruits , his drink the crystal well ; Remote... | |
| Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...the frolic, and instruct the gay, From Jessy floating on her wat'ry bier! 123 HERMIT. PARNELL. Jr AR in a wild unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from... | |
| 1806 - 688 pages
...his patience would preserve. In the neighbourhood of Bagdat resided a celebrated DERVISE, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell; His food the fruits, his drink, the chrystal we& His uncommon rigidncss of life had long been noticed as a proof of singular piety, and... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...HERMIT. r AR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well ; Remote from men, with God he pass'd the days ; Pray'r all his business, all his pleasure,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...who dost thy millions boast, A village less than Islington will grow, A solitude almost. The HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev' rend Hermit grew ; The muss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...HERMIT. ia wild, unknown to public view, •*• From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew. The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well, Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
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