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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... "
The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 240
by William Cowper - 1854
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 36

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pages
...is none to dispute , From the centre all round to the seft, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. IL 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,...
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Memoirs and select remains of an only son [W.F. Durant].

Thomas Durant - 1822 - 256 pages
...in society wise and good men to advise and admonish us. All these advantages are lost in solitude. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? I think the love of society natural to the human race. There may have been some exceptions: but they...
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 8. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone; i Never hear the sweet music of speech;...
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Memoirs and select remains of an only son [W.F. Durant].

Thomas Durant - 1822 - 250 pages
...iu society wise and good men to advise and admonish us. All these advantages are lost in solitude. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face 1 I think the love of society natural to the human race. There may have been some exceptions : 87 but...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 19

1823 - 936 pages
...is none to dispute : From the centre all round to the seit, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never bear the sweet music of speech ; I start at tbe sound of my own....
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The English Master: Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition ...

William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. BB Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." Of anapaestic measures, each verse consisting of four feet, take the following example from Moore :...
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The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence

William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...Both poet saves and plume from fading. VERSES Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hU solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I...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 sweet music of speech,...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq

William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pages
...fadmg. Supposed to he written Iiy Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island oi'Jium Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right...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 sweet music of speech,...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hi! tolitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face T ' Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. I am oat of humanity's...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...there ia none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh Such object hath I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own....
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