| 1828 - 398 σελίδες
...Iiland of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; I 'i "in 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,... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1828 - 70 σελίδες
...not be disposed with Selkirk to exclaim,, Oh, Solitude! where are the charms which sages have found in thy face, Better dwell in the midst of alarms than reign in this ~horrible place ! And now, in return for all this, what is the reward which the most sanguine anticipate for a healthy... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 σελίδες
...all I survey, My right there is none to dispute j From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord oi the fowl and the brute) Oh solitude ! where are the...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. . 2. 1 am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 σελίδες
...Alexander SelkirJ his solitary abode in the I&taad of Jttan Ferna • 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the hrnte. Oil solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 374 σελίδες
...Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. IAM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...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... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 σελίδες
...ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude I where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 σελίδες
...the * inflection, must, in poetry, adopt the same inflection. EXAMPLES. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute* ; From the centre,...to the sea', I am lord of the fowl and the brute\ Can you discern another's mind' ? i1 Why is't you envy* ? Envy's blind\ Telf envy', when shewould annoy*,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1830 - 244 σελίδες
...the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute Prom the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the...brute. ,. . Oh solitude ! where are the charms, ;' That sajres have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, ;, ^ 2. I am out of humanity's... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 σελίδες
...Selkirk, daring hit Military abode in toe island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, • My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy facel Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
| Joseph Matkin - 1993 - 512 σελίδες
...home. I could not help thinking of Cowper's poem on the subject. "O Solitude where are the charms which sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, than reign in his horrible place." At the back of the settlement are some enormous caves in the hill sides, & in... | |
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