 | 1828 - 398 pages
...Iiland of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; I 'i "in 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,... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1828 - 70 pages
...not be disposed with Selkirk to exclaim,, Oh, Solitude! where are the charms which sages have found in thy face, Better dwell in the midst of alarms than reign in this ~horrible place ! And now, in return for all this, what is the reward which the most sanguine anticipate for a healthy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 pages
...all I survey, My right there is none to dispute j From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord oi the fowl and the brute) Oh solitude ! where are the...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. . 2. 1 am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...Alexander SelkirJ his solitary abode in the I&taad of Jttan Ferna • 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the hrnte. Oil solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 374 pages
...Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. IAM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude I where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...the * inflection, must, in poetry, adopt the same inflection. EXAMPLES. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute* ; From the centre,...to the sea', I am lord of the fowl and the brute\ Can you discern another's mind' ? i1 Why is't you envy* ? Envy's blind\ Telf envy', when shewould annoy*,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 pages
...the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 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...brute. ,. . Oh solitude ! where are the charms, ;' That sajres have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, ;, ^ 2. I am out of humanity's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Selkirk, daring hit Military abode in toe island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, • My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...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 facel Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Joseph Matkin - 1993 - 512 pages
...home. I could not help thinking of Cowper's poem on the subject. "O Solitude where are the charms which sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, than reign in his horrible place." At the back of the settlement are some enormous caves in the hill sides, & in... | |
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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. 
