 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...  English Lessons - Page 195by John Morrow - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 572 pages
...or sixth syllable of heroic verse. On the fourth syllable, or at the end of the second foot: as, " Far in a wild" unknown to public view, " From youth to age" a rev'rend hermit grew." On the fifth syllable, or middle of the third foot. " The morn was wasted" in... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...:i '' ..' . ' u/'-l 'i :•!»" • I. .1 '. .' •'. -f '. THE HERMIT. BY DR. THOMAS PARNELL. Jr AR 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 :... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...An Ode to Wisdom • -•.-*.» - «-<•» OF THE BRIT1SH POET8. THOMAS PARNELL, THE HERMIT. inAK 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...the ble.»l abode ; [^od . Crown'd with eternal vouth, muoiig the goils a 5 78. The Hermit. Parnell. eed not tamely to he borne Fire indignation, and a sense o rev.' rend Hermit grew; The. moss his bed, the cave his humble cell , His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...J%S&S5~ &^ +*i+35&' m s: vc SELECT FLC published and ! — ^ U ±i T S. THOMAS PARNELL. THE 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. 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 crystal well: Remote... | |
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