| William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...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
...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... | |
| Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...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
...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
...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
...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... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...Juan Fernandez. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre nil round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are thy charms, Thnt »ages have seen in thv face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
| John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...groat." 751. — Robinson Crusoe*. 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 ! what are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
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