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 214by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1830 - 986 pages
...alliance with him, as rotten branches. Sitting in the Conference, he might with literal truth say, I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; and throughout the whole of the connexion, whether priest or people, he spread the principles, the... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, daring hit Military abode in toe island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, • My right there is...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,... | |
| 1831 - 228 pages
...Largo, in Scotland ; so I suppose Crusoe died there. Charlotte. You remember the pretty lines — " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea ; I'm lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh! Solitude, where Gerald and Edward. Off! Off! Off! No lines... | |
| 1825 - 500 pages
...•.our. allotted banishment from town, 194 193 I could repeat the whole poem by heart, uttering O Solitude, where are the charms That Sages have seen in thy face ? with an emphasis which shewed that, I felt what I read. — On our arrival in Coram-street, I found... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 pages
...tuppoeed to be unriilen by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to diiputa ; From the centre all round to the sea, I un lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude !... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...have been written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez.) I AM monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none...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,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1833 - 120 pages
...plumes, Expanded shine with azure, green and gold, How blessings brighten as they take their flight. 3. I 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 brute. 4. O, Solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...out again a wanderer over the waste of waters ; tut of his subsequent fate, nothing was ever known.] I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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... | |
| Robert Andrews - 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 - 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... | |
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