 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during his wlitaiy abode on tht Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM mouarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst... | |
 | S C. Walford - England - 1817 - 166 pages
...almost realize the justness of those words which Cowper puts into the mouth of Alexander Selkirk ; " Oh solitude ! where are the charms, " That sages have seen in thy face ; " Better dwell in amidst af alarms, " Than reign in this horrible place." " I am out of humanity's... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...falls on every third syllable 5 as, 1 am monarch of all 1 survey, My right theTe is none to dis/urfe ,From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the/owZand the brute. Or, 'Tis night | and the landscape is lovely no more t I mourn ; \ but ye woodlands... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY AUOUE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen ill thy face? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN Till: ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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,... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...ascent, and take an almost unhounded view of the country around me, and then I have only to repeat— I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute ! and, during the repetition, to exercise that faith (under such circumstances, trifling effort... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of aVl I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From...centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and th« brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in tUy dee ? Better dwell in the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...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 in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there la none to dispute : From the centre all round to the...where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. II. I am out of humanity's... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Great Britain - 1820 - 332 pages
...almost aspired to the self-complacent feelings of Robinson Crusoe, in the Island of Juan Feriiandez : " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the land and the brute." UNDERCL1FF. Again on my horse, I rode westward along the sea coast. The path which... | |
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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. 
