 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 - Σελίδα 264των William Cowper - 1810Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1848 - 744 σελίδες
...his erudition, not to be compared to the little finger of the younger Scaliger, who can truly say — I am monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none to dispute. Himself not blameless, he had a vixen of a wife, of whom (thanks to the manuscript notes of Burraan... | |
 | Mr. Addison - 1794 - 254 σελίδες
...Monarch of all I fiirvey, .*. My right there is none to difpute; From the centre all round to the fea, I am Lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude! where are the charms That Sages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midft of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 σελίδες
...SDPPOSED TO BE WRITTE.V BY ALEX. SELKIRK, JUR1NG HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND Of JUAN FERNANDEZ. 1. AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 σελίδες
...and blest where'er she goes, Pure-bosom'd as that wat'ry glass, And heav'n reflected in her face. * VERSES, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK,...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | John Davis - 1803 - 470 σελίδες
...the dwelling of our host, I could not help thinking that he might justly exclaim with Selkirk : " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centra all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the b ute." B 4 The morning passed away not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 σελίδες
...and Poet both we know Their lustre to his influence owe; And she the works of Phoebus aiding, Colh Poet saves and Plume from fading. VERSES SUPPOSED...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 σελίδες
...ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS' SOLITARY ABODE IN • , . . •- 1 THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERSTANDBZ. . I AM monarch of all I survey,- . ; My right there...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, ' Oh solitude.! where are the charms, That sages bave.s^en in thy face > Better dy/ell in the midst... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 σελίδες
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of all/1 survey, • My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, J am lord 'of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude 1 where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | 1808 - 506 σελίδες
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. JL AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 216 σελίδες
...imagination left poor reality in the back ground. All is not gold that glitters, Rattle. 'Tis true, . . " I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute:" but, alas! I, like other sovereigns, find that the lap of dignity is not '' a bed of roses," nor royal... | |
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