 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.  Poems - Page 246de William Cowper - 1810 - 368 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...sustain'd, Till tun'd at length to some immortal song, It sounds Jehovah's name, and pours his praise along. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK,...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,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 pages
...beggar's petition, - - • . • . . . 223 3. Unhappy close of life, ..... 224 4. Elegy to pity, ife 6. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk,...his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, .... 225 6. Gratitude, - - ... 227 7. A man perishing in the snow ; from whence -reflections are raised... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...And she the works of Phoebus aiding, Both Poet saves and Plume from fading. VERSES, Supposed to he written by 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 all round to the sea,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...decay, Some soul congenial then may lend its aid, And gild the close of life's eventful day. SECTION V. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the Island of Juan Fernandes. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; *rom... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...decay. Some soul congenial then may lend its aid* And gild the close of life's eventful day SECTION V. Verses supposed to be written by .Alexander Selkirk,...his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...tuppoted to be -aritttn by Alexander Selkirk, durh • solitary aboM in the island of yuan Fernandez, I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute 5 From the centre all round to tne sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the bruie. 0 solimde ! where arc... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...the MORALS clean (Forgive the crime), I wish them, I confess, Or better managed, or encouraged less. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE ON THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...to his influence owe : And she the works of Phœbus aiding, Both poet saves and plume from fading. VERSES Supposed to be written by Alexander 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 all round... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...words of Montcalm on being told his wound was mortal ' ALEXANDER SELKIRK. Lines supposed to have been written by 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 all round to the sea,... | |
 | Lady Maria Callcott, William Yates - 1824 - 560 pages
...alone in this magnificent wilderness ; and though at first I might begin with exultation to cry — " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute," yet I very soon felt that utter loneliness is as disagreeable as unnatural ; and Cowper's exquisite... | |
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