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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. "
Selection of Poems ... - Page 259
by Charles Snart - 1808
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The English Reader

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1828 - 262 pages
...to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan J*'ernandez 1. I AM monarch of all I survey , My right there Is none to dispute ; From the centre aU round to me sea , I am lord of the fowl and the brute . Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That...
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The Sacred Lyre: Comprising Poems, Devotional, Moral and Preceptive ...

Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during kis tolilary abode in the Iiland of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; I 'i "in the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where...
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Notes of a journey in the north of Ireland, in ... 1827, to which is added ...

Ireland - 1828 - 212 pages
...it terminates in a forest boundary of luxuriant foliage. It is a solitary though lovely retreat. " O Solitude ! where are the charms " That sages have seen in thy face V The disadvantage attached to noble demesnes in sequestered situations, is, their being too far apart...
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Notes of a journey in the north of Ireland, in ... 1827, to which is added ...

Ireland - 1828 - 216 pages
...it terminates in a forest boundary of luxuriant foliage. It is a solitary though lovely retreat. " 0 Solitude! where are the charms " That sages have seen in thy face V The disadvantage attached to noble demesnes in sequestered situations, is, their being too far apart...
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...supposed to be. written by Alexander SelkirJ his solitary abode in the I&taad of Jttan Ferna • 1. 1 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 hrnte. Oil solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. 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. O Solitude I where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1830 - 256 pages
...foregoing rules, require the * inflection, must, in poetry, adopt the same inflection. EXAMPLES. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to the sea', I am lord of the fowl and the brute\ Can you discern another's mind' ? i1 Why is't you envy* ? Envy's blind\ Telf envy', when shewould annoy*,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1830 - 374 pages
...to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. IAM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to...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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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1897-1960) British Labour politician. Quoted in Aneurin Bevan, vol. 1 , ch. 1, Michael Foot (1962). 5 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute. WILLIAM COWPER, (1731-1800) British poet. "Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk," I....
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Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls: True Stories of Castaways and Other ...

Edward E. Leslie - Biography & Autobiography - 1988 - 614 pages
...Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. And his name was Selkirk — Alexander Selkirk. PART I MONARCHS I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute: From the centre ali around to the sea. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That...
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