 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 in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the...  Poems - Page 207by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 588 pages
...Never hew the sweet music of speech, My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, Their lameness is shocking to me. III. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, O... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own. PART II. B ALEXANDER SELKIRK. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see ; They... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...I am out of humanity's reaeh, I must finish my journey alone. Never hear the sweet musie of speeeh, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam over the plain, My form with indifferenee see; They are so unaequainted with man, Their tameness is shoeking to me. Soeiety, friendship,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 356 pages
...simus, sitis, sint." Then again to the verses : — •'I am out of humanity's reach; I must finish tny journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own." " Preterimperfect : esscm, esses, esset; essemus, essetis, essent. What is that, Mary, about the death... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, Never hear the sweet music of speech; 1 start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, They are so unacquainted with man, My form with indifference see : 1 Their lameness is shocking to... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1826 - 184 pages
...sages hava seerr in thy face ? Better dwell In the midst of alarms, Than reigu in this horrible place. II. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tamenubs is shocking to mo. V I. III, Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 268 pages
...seen in thy face 1 Better divell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. • , * I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...of my own. ,. The beasts that roam over the plain, Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh had I the wings of a dove, How soon would... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms, I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet...sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, 3. Society, friendship, and love, My form with indifference see: They are so unacquainted with man,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 286 pages
...sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. BI am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey...Never hear the. sweet music of speech ; I start at the sonnd of my own. The beasts that roam over the. plain, My form with indifference see : They are so... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet musick of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with... | |
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