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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. "
The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence - Page 334
by William Cowper - 1824
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...supposed to be 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...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 of...
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Practical English Prosody and Versification: Or, Descriptions of the ...

John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...now I have 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...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 of alarms,...
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The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and ...

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...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

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 midst of...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1817 - 290 pages
...close of life's eventful day. SECTION V. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN ВТ ALEX. SELÏIRS, DURING HI8 SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I...round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are Ibe charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during his wlitaiy abode on tht Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM mouarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the hrute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple, Part 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 240 pages
...MINOR POEMS. PART II. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY AUOUE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of 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 of alarms,...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...ume from fading. VERSES, Supposed to be written by Aleaander Selkirk, during his solitary Abode on the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of...
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The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple

William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...POEMS. PART II. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN Till: ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I AM monarch of all I survey,...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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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued as] The ...

1830 - 604 pages
...ascent, and 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...all 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...
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