 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...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5391831Full view - About this book
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...• THE HERMIT * ' T may assert eternal Providence, * And justify the ways of God to man. •ILTOH. 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...Thank'd Heav'n, that e'er I drew my breath, And triumph'd in the thoughts of Death! THE HERMIT. Cotton. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with GOD he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pages
...wisdom, initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of selfdenial ; 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, Pray'r all his bus'ness, all his pleasure praise. PARNELL. This dispensation... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 566 pages
...into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of selfdenial ; The moss his bed, tha cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Pray'r all his bus'ness, all his pleasure praise. PARWELI. This dispensation... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...unfolding wide, Clap the glad wing, and tower away, And mingle with the blaze of day. THE HERMIT. Fitt DA+ the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred, such serene repose, Secm'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1820 - 342 pages
...hopes of the wily Norman aspire, hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER II. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well ; Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business — all his pleasure praise. Pornett. THE... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1820 - 340 pages
...of the wily Norman aspire, hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER II. Fax in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age...the fruits, his drink the crystal well; Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business—all his pleasure praise. Parnett. THE reader... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...of her face. VI H The Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, ?rom youth to age, a rev'rend hermit grew. 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 the days ; Prayer all his bus'ness, all his pleasure... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...slept? And such is man, soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! THE HERMIT. 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 pages
...scene unfolding wide, Clap the glad wing, and tower away, And mingle with the blaze of day. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...crystal well : Remote from men, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred, such serene repose, Seem'd... | |
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