 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.  Poems - Page 207by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1897-1960) British Labour politician. Quoted in Aneurin Bevan, vol. 1 , ch. 1, Michael Foot (1962). 5 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute. WILLIAM COWPER, (1731-1800) British poet. "Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk," I.... | |
 | Edward E. Leslie - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 614 pages
...Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. And his name was Selkirk — Alexander Selkirk. PART I MONARCHS I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre ali around to the sea. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That... | |
 | James C. Simmons - Castaways - 1998 - 276 pages
...Barnard recalled the mournful first stanza of William Cowper's famous poem about Selkirk: I am the monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the center all around to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O, solitude! where are the charms... | |
 | Shelly Errington - Art - 1998 - 348 pages
..."monarch-of-all-Isurvey scene," apparently borrowing the phrase from lines attributed to Alexander Selkirk: "I am monarch of all I survey / My right there is none to dispute." One cannot help but think again of Addison's suggestion in the early eighteenth century (quoted above)... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...clothed with majesty and awe, His mind his kingdom and his will his law. Truth' (i 782) I. 403 17 1 am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 18 Oh! I could thresh his old jacket till 1 made his pension jingle in his pockets. on Samuel Johnson's... | |
 | Lydia Wevers - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 246 pages
...line of verse that comes to Colenso on the hill above the Whirinaki is interesting. The full text is: I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...brute. 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. These... | |
 | Keith McMahon - History - 2002 - 268 pages
...of a recurrent stance of travel writers in the nineteenth century (Pratt 1992, chap. 9). "I am the monarch of all I survey, my right there is none to dispute," is from William Cowper's "Verses Supposed to Be Written by Alexander Selkirk" (1782), Selkirk being... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ (1782) I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...brute. 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. I am... | |
 | S. M. Haslam - Technology & Engineering - 2003 - 311 pages
...reeds, I reckon you know what my mind needs! (R. Kipling) A thing of beauty is a joy tor ever (J. Keats) I am monarch of all I survey My right there is none to dispute Prom the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute (W. Cowper) There is no universal... | |
 | Caroline Henderson - Social Science - 2003 - 300 pages
.... AUGUST 11, 1935 MY DEAR EVELYN: On this blistering Sunday afternoon I am, like Alexander Selkirk: Monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute.™ There is no one within a mile and a half, and all day I've seen just one person pass by in an old stripped-down... | |
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