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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign... The Poetical Works of William Cowper - Page 388by William Cowper - 1854Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...dispute; *rom the centre all around 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 ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, J must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 258 pages
...back to his book. "Potential mood: aim, sii, sit; simus, sitis, sint" Then again to the verses : — " I am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey...music of speech ; I start at the sound of my own." " Preter-imperfect ; essem, esses, esset ; essemus. c§ietis, essent. What is that, Mary, about the... | |
| Allen Fisk - 1822 - 194 pages
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the biate. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, Mu't finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...dispute ; From the centre 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 ?...midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech;... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 pages
...dispute , From the centre all round to the seft, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. IL 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 pages
...sages have seen in thy face ? Beiter dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in ihis ho'nble place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...Never hear the sweet music of speech ; I start at Uie sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see : They are so... | |
| William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. BB Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place." Of anapaestic measures, each verse consisting of four feet, take the following example from Moore :... | |
| 1823 - 934 pages
...: From the centre all round to the seit, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never bear the sweet music of speech... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bruteO solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ?...finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music ef speech ; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 502 pages
...dispute ; From the centre 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 ?...midst of alarms. Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
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