 | Periodicals - 1788 - 404 pages
...monarch of all I furvey. My righr there is none t difpute; From the centre all round to the lea, • I am Lord of the fowl and the brute ; Oh! Solitude! where are the charms That fages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midlt of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...on Heaven to bless the day When back to Schiraz' walls h« bent his E 3 SOLITUDE {*). BY COWPE H. I AM monarch of all I survey My right there is none...From the centre all round to the sea , I am lord, of llie fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the cha'rms That sages have seen in thy face I Better... | |
 | John Davis - United States - 1803 - 470 pages
...the dwelling of our host, I could not help thinking that he might justly 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS ' SOLITARY ABODE IN • , . . •- 1 THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERSTANDBZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, - . ; . My right there...brute, ' Oh solitude.! where are the charms, That sages bave.s^en in thy face > Better dy/ell in the midst of alarms, Than reiga ia.thjs hwribk G •:" vnittt*... | |
 | Thomas Tomkins - English literature - 1806 - 338 pages
...solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez arc, with admirable force, delineated by Mr. Co\vpcr. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh Solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of all/1 survey, • My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, J am lord 'of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude 1 where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...be written by Alexander Selkirk, dorter tti •elitirr abode in the island of Juan Femaudee. I. i, * AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...to be written by Alexander Selkirk, daring his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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... | |
 | Richard Warner - Bath (England) - 1808 - 220 pages
...imagination left poor reality in the back ground. All is not gold that glitters, Rattle. 'Tis true, " I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute:" but, alas! I, like other sovereigns, find that the lap of dignity is not *'a bed of roses," nor royal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...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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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. 
