 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 pages
...continent of europe, and the union between england and Scotland. VIII. 1 am monarch of all i survey, IX. o solitude ! where are the charms that sages have seen...midst of alarms, than reign in this horrible place. The hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of consolation to good men. under trouble, it soothes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 468 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, The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 460 pages
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude! \vhere are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...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 of speech—... | |
 | Salem Town - 1854 - 296 pages
...From the center all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O, solitude ! where are tho charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I ain out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...*olit»r abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. 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 1 where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1908 - 454 pages
...attributed to Alexander Selkirk on the island of Juan Fernandez : Oh, Solitude! where are thy charm*. That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. But there is one thing we should bear in mind, viz. : that the surrender or rather the restriction... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Juan Fernandez 23 I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the center y lack, I leave; they pine, I live. (I. 25-30) BLPL;...EIL; FaBoBe; LiTB; NAEL-1. NIP; NOBE; OBSC; PoEL-1; 1—8) 24 When I think of my own native land. In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - 1993 - 744 pages
...dining-room door — to arise from the table and with his hands on his huge host's shoulders, exclaim: Oh, solitude, where are the charms, That sages have seen...thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than live in this horrible place. Webster and Clay had, in Washington, intrusted to Ewing an important Whig... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - 1994 - 452 pages
...with painful irony: "From the centre all round to the sea / I am lord of the fowl and the brute. / Oh, solitude! where are the charms / That sages have seen...midst of alarms / Than reign in this horrible place." 24. Walden: or, Life in the Woods, chapter 2, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For." 25. "Robinson... | |
 | Philip Koch - 1994 - 400 pages
...people find solitude unappealing, and would exclaim with William Cowper Oh Solitude! where are thy charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. — "Lines Supposed to Have Been Written by Alexander Selkirk"" or at least echo his gentler pronouncement... | |
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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... 
