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... The Beauties of English Poesy - Page 29by Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Repairs ber smiles, awakens every grace, And calU forth all the wonders of her face. Vllls-TAe Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev'revd hermit grew, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, liis drink the... | |
| 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 the crystal well. Remote... | |
| 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 to age a reverend Hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
| England - 1831 - 1008 pages
...last note of the organ, to fold his thin transparent ivory fingers, and say, " Let us pray!" NORTH. " 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... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pages
...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... | |
| 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 crystal well : Remote from... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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... | |
| 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 to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
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