 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...  Report of the Secretary for Public Instruction ... - Page 109by Queensland. Department of Public Instruction - 1892Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1830 - 374 pages
...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, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...centre all 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, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...the sea, I am lord of the fowl and 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 reach, I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear tlje sweet musick... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy facel h I have neglected him, and to plead them against me I am out of humanity's reach, Must finish mj journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I... | |
 | 802 pages
...may exclaim — Then welcome, my wild Ulster farms ; My kernes — though all rude he the race : "• Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place !' I've absolutely almost reached the limits of my paper in every meaning of the dissyllable, and not... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1831 - 444 pages
...in the sentiment, which the poet h» attributed to Alexander Selkirk, in his solitary ions. "Itathcr dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." To such as are tngrossed by the active bustle ofl*. the necessary meetings of competitor! in the pursuit... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1831 - 438 pages
...the sentiment, which the poet hu attributed to Alexander Selkirk, in his solitary dominions. "Rather dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." To such as are engrossed by the active bustle the necessary meetings of competitors in the pursuit... | |
 | Benjamin Morrell - Discoveries in geography - 1832 - 512 pages
...none to dispute,'* the subsequent sentiment was doubtless more frequently present tb his mind: •' O solitude, where are the charms Which sages have...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." For some time after the departure of the ship, he found the solitude of his situation scarcely supportable... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...all 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, Than reign in this horrible place. . 2. I am out of humanity's reach; I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech;... | |
 | Benjamin Morrell - Discoveries in geography - 1832 - 514 pages
...frequently present to his mind: ' O solitude, where are the charm* Which sages have seen in thy fbee? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." For some time after the departure of the ship, he found the solitude of his situation scarcely supportable... | |
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