| Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...Monarch of all I furvey, -*• My right there is none to difpute; From the centre all round to the fea, I am Lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the charms That Sages have (een ip thy face ? Better dwell in the midft of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. | am out... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND Of JUAN FERNANDEZ. 1. 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. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...SOLITARY 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 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... | |
| John Davis - United States - 1803 - 470 pages
...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 unpleasantly. The vivacity of the Captain enlivened our breakfast,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
..., . . •- 1 THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERSTANDBZ. . 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, ' Oh solitude.! where are the charms, That sages bave.s^en in thy face > Better dy/ell in the midst... | |
| Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. JL 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. Oh solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND. t» 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 brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...SOLITARY 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 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,... | |
| William Cowper - 1812 - 396 pages
...SOLITARY 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 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,... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...Fernandez. 4\ I AM monareh of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From i he eentre all Pnund to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the eharms, That sages have seen in tby,faee ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
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