 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...who dost thy millions boast, A village less than Islington will grow, A solitude almost. The HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev' rend Hermit grew ; The muss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...him in the ble.»l abode ; [^od . Crown'd with eternal vouth, muoiig the goils a 5 78. The Hermit. ut if a deed not tamely to he borne Fire indignation, and a sense o rev.' rend Hermit grew; The. moss his bed, the cave his humble cell , His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 490 pages
...HERMIT. ia wild, unknown to public view, •*• From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew. The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well, Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...An Ode to Wisdom • -•.-*.» - «-<•» OF THE BRIT1SH POET8. THOMAS PARNELL, THE HERMIT. inAK in a wild, unknown to public view, •*• From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...tear ; But warn the frolic, and instruct the gay, From Jessy floating on her wat'ry bier.' THE HERMIT. PARNELL. FAR in a wild unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 502 pages
...initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of self-denial; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the chrystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Pray'r all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to fge a«ev«read hermit gjeirj 366 Tlie moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with God he pa-'S'd the (Jays, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...HERMIT. FAR in a wHd, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss bis bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with God he pass'd the days, Praver all his business, alt his pleasure... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew • The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
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FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his... 
