 | William Harris Elson - 1923 - 100 pages
...Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. "I am out of humanity's reach, 1 must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. "Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report... | |
 | Robert Bridges - 1924 - 296 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...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, 88 Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 pages
...Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, 10 Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, 15 Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of rny own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with...shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man ! 0, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then... | |
 | James William Lowther Ullswater (1st viscount) - 1925 - 376 pages
...fear of man and will hardly move out of the way ; in fact, to use the words of Alexander Selkirk : The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. On the 3rd of July the King paid a visit to Rugby School, to open the fine school hall recently erected... | |
 | 1926 - 780 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...Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In... | |
 | 1926 - 748 pages
...desert island! With the words put into Selkirk's mouth by the poet Cowper, who is not familiar? — I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | Thomas Cox Meech - 1927 - 1204 pages
...compare him with Alexander Selkirk (the original of Robinson Crusoe), who cried in his loneliness: I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. In response to requests from people of various shades of thought Lord Rosebery heard the sound of his... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 92 I am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey...sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. — Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon men ! Oh ! had I the wings of a dove, How... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 pages
...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...indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is shocking to me. 16 Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I... | |
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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 start... 
