 JUAN FERNANDEZ. 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. Oh solitude ! where are the charms Better dwell in the midst of alarms. That sages have seen in...  Poems ...di William Cowper - 1885 - 334 pagineVisualizzazione estratti - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1848 - 820 pagine
...his erudition, not to be compared to the little finger of the younger Scaliger, who can truly sayI am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute. Himself not blameless, he had a vixen of a wife, of whom (thanks to the manuscript notes of Burman... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pagine
...Heaven to bless the day When back to Schiraz' walls h« bent his way. E 5 1 SOLITUDE (*). BY COWPEH. JAM monarch of all I survey My right there is none to...to the sea , I am lord, of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the cha'rms That sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms;... | |
 | 1801 - 410 pagine
...monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to the fea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh Solitude ! where are the charms, That fages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midfl of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 284 pagine
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEX. SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. 1. -I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; Prom the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh, solitude! where are... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 328 pagine
...face. VERSES 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...and the brute. Oh, solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 pagine
...TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND O» JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...and the brute. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | John Davis - 1803 - 470 pagine
...the dwelling of our host, I could not help thinking that he might justly exclaim with Selkirk : " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centra all round to the sen, I am lord of the fowl and the b ute." The morning passed away not unpleasantly.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pagine
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIR1 DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pagine
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of alM survey, My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round...and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms. That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, . Than reign in this horrible... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pagine
...SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the se.i, I am lord of the fowl and the brute," Oh solitude! where are the charms, That sages have sŁen... | |
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