 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 f Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.  THE ENGLISH READER - Page 228by Lindley Murray - 1811 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Durant - Bereavement - 1823 - 334 pages
...in society wise and good men to advise and admonish us. All these advantages are lost in solitude. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ! I think the love of society natural to the human race. There may have been some exceptions : but... | |
 | Noah Worcester - Ethics - 1823 - 302 pages
...in society wise and good men to advise and admonish us. All these advantages are lost in Solitude. O Solitude where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ! I think the love of society natural to the human race. There may have been some exceptions; but they... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...SOLITARY ABODE Щ THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to t as if you taught them not, ing* unknown propos'd...things forgot. it good breeding truth is disapprov Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...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, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O, Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...the Island of Juan Fer nandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; H3 From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than reign in this horrible place. 0 solitude ! where are the... | |
 | Select readings - 1824 - 300 pages
...joyful wing, Our annual visit o'er the globe, Companions of the spring. r2 66 Alexander Selkirk. Camper. From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, 0 solitude ! where are the... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - Canada - 1824 - 424 pages
...my gloomiest days had been spent. While in the wilderness I have oft times exclaimed with the poet, 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. yet, on leaving it, I could... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...right there is none to dispnt From the centre all round lo the s« 1 am lord o( the .fowl and the brt 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 rench,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sen, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brule. ©h solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face!? Better dwell in the ir.idsl «f alarms, :2. I am out of humanity's reach, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 244 pages
...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, 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... | |
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