 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 8. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone; i Never hear the sweet music of speech;... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 936 pages
...round to the seit, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages ̇ wS + 9Ͽ g ق YM }: 9B g l F ... i<) d+ \C1 ' ho kb Xc,(4 ! Quv\ C$ R È bear the sweet music of speech ; I start at tbe sound of my own. SEL [ 133 ] S-'kiik. The btasts that... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. BB 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." Of anapaestic measures, each verse consisting of four feet, take the following example from Moore :... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...round to the sea, J 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...alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of bumanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sneet music at speech, I start at... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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 in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott, William Yates - Chile - 1824 - 560 pages
...; and Cowper's exquisite lines again served me — " Oh, solitude ! where are thy charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." And I repeated over and over the whole of the poem, till I saw two of my companions of the morning... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...round to the sea, I am lord of the 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 place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bruteO 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. 2. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music ef speech... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face T ' Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. I am oat of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have teen i» tby fact:? It 1 am out of humanity Yreach,... | |
| |
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... 
