 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...Selkirk, during his ¡solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fer nandez. 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. 0 solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | 1824 - 588 pàgines
...during bis solitary abode in the desolate island of Juan Fernandez." r. I am monarch of all t saifey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 0 solitude! where are the charms... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...Alexander Selkirk, during hU 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 ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...Selkirk, during hi! tolitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I. 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 face T ' Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pàgines
...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...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bruteO solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott, William Yates - 1824 - 560 pàgines
...disagreeable as unnatural ; and Cowper's exquisite lines again served me — " Oh, solitude ! where are thy charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." And I repeated over and over the whole of the poem, till I saw two of my companions of the morning... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 308 pàgines
...Selkirk during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord oi the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude.' where are the charms, That sages have seen in tby... | |
 | Robert Grenville Wallace - 1825 - 346 pàgines
...resemblance between what I commend and that which Alexander Selkirk pathetically apostrophizes : — " • O, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.' Dear to my bosom is the unexpected drop-in of a friend or neighbour — sweet, to be in the world or... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pàgines
...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 \ where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms... | |
 | M. G. Lewis - 1825 - 1098 pàgines
...quit the world for the pleasures of retirement. I should be tempted to sing, with Robinson Cnisoe, " Oh! Solitude, where are the charms That sages have...Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this solitary place ' " • - • The eyes of the strauger beamed with warm affection as he spoke, and told... | |
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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. 
