 | Wynnard Hooper - Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) - 1824 - 552 pages
...That the reader may compare the two stories the more readily, it is inserted here. " THE HERMIT. " FAR in a 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...hurrying on before his day, Shall only find by this decree, The soul flies sooner back to me. THE HERUIT. e, Consult reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...thought when, in the opening lines of his Hermit, be describes the place of the recluae'm dwelling — " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rer'rend hermit grew ; The moss his bed — the cave his humble cell, Hrs food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev'rond 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 the days ; Prayer all his bus'ness, all his pleasure... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 292 pages
...warriors, worn by toil .and trav.el, were .soon fast asleep, each on his separate pallet. CHAPTER IV. Far in a 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... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...and he determined to leave his solitary abode, and to see whether these things were so. The Hermit. Far in a 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...Hermit. Far in a wild, ncknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew ; The moss ͪgo-ȟ~ crystal well ; Remote from men, with God he passed his day», Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | 1832 - 666 pages
...can read Parnell's beautiful description without feeling something like an approach to reverence. " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend her>nit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 304 pages
...used to call him the Hermit of the Dale, and not seldom applied to him the words of the poet — ' Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew.' But while we thought that my father was unreasonably ennobling a poor peasant... | |
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FAR in a 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 the days Prayer all his business, all his... 
