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. Poems - Page 172by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...ALEXANDER BEI.KJRX, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JT7AH FEBNAWDEZ. I AM monarcb of aH I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitmle ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...Juan Fernandez. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre nil round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are thy charms, Thnt »ages have seen in thv face ? Better dwell in the midst... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during kis solitary abode on the island of Juan Fertwndes. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude, where are thy charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst... | |
| John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...bought ?"— " Yes, truly, I warrant them not worth a groat." 751. — Robinson Crusoe*. I am monarch of all I survey : My right there is none to dispute....all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! what are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1816 - 316 pages
...where the accent falls on every third syllable; as, I am monarch of till I survey, My right there ip none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brutt. Or, 'Tis night \ and the fanrfscape is lovely no more; T mourn; \ but ye woodlands | I mourn... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...IslttxJ of Juan Fernandez. CowriRI AM monarch of all I survey, My risht there is none to dispute ; I'rnm the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 sojitudc ! where are the charms Th.it sages have seen in thy face ? lit MI-, dwell in the... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...falls on every third syllable 5 as, 1 am monarch of all 1 survey, My right theTe is none to dis/urfe ,From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the/owZand the brute. Or, 'Tis night | and the landscape is lovely no more t I mourn ; \ but ye woodlands... | |
| 1830 - 604 pages
...take an almost unhounded view of the country around me, and then I have only to repeat— I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute ! and, during the repetition, to exercise that faith (under such circumstances, trifling effort of... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN Till: ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute...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... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY AUOUE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen ill thy face? Better dwell in the midst... | |
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