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 reign... The Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 1951825Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...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, Than reign in this horrible place. 2. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pages
...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, Than reign in this horrible place. n. I am out of humanity's... | |
| Charles Snart - 1808 - 506 pages
...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, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 390 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. II. 1 am out of humanity's... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...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, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach,... | |
| William Cowper - 1812 - 396 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. II. 1 am out of humanity's... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre 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 of alarms, Than reign in this horrihle place . I am out of humanity's reach,... | |
| S C. Walford - 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... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 244 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, Thau reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
| William Cowper - 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,... | |
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