 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, Must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own.... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - 170 pages
...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. 0 solitude! where...in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech—... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1850 - 162 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowj and the brute. 4. 0, Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 5. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. 12 PROGRESSIVE... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pages
...horizon long after , it had disappeared. The most intense feeling of desolation took hold of him — " Oh solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place !" 1850.] ALEXANDER SELKIRK. He felt, in short, an entire prostration of his faculties. It was not... | |
 | Norah Dalrymple (fict.name.) - 1850 - 338 pages
...do cede to the pleasure of a gallop above all sublunary things ; but still I repeat daily— ' Oh ! solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.' But stay—do I not see our future enlivener coming up the hill at this very moment? Do look, Lucilla.... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...horizon long after it had disappeared. The most intense feeling of desolation took, hold of him — " Oh solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place !" He felt, in short, an entire prostration of his faculties. It was not till the darkness of night... | |
 | 1850 - 300 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 pages
..." Oh! you mean Alexander Selkirk's soliloquy. I think I can remember some of the verses : — "' I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my-own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They're so unaccustomed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...monarch of all 1 survey, My right there is none to dispute . From the centre all round to the sea, T am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign* in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach'; I must finish my journey...sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own.4 The beasts, that roam Over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted... | |
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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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign... 
