 | 462 pages
...SOCIETY. (An American Sketch.) BY THE AUTHOR OF " MISS BREMKR's VISIT TO COOPER'S LANDING," &C., &C. "Oh, Solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?" Supposed to have been written by ALEXANDER SELKIRK. "One might as well be out of the world as out of... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pages
...there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pages
...continent of europe, and the union between england and scotland. VIII. I am monarch of all i survey, IX. o solitude ! where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face ? better dwell in the midst of alarms, than reign in this horrible place. The hope of future happiness... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. I am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...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 in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 pages
...there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone,... | |
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...pulpits, waiting for the people who ought to come but do not, they often soliloquize with Selkirk, " O, Solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ?" etc. 353 may be found in the fact that Mr. Spurgeon does not go upon the principle that any small... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...pute, ; 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 a- | larms', Than | reign in this | horrible | place'. I am | out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...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 in this horrible place. II. 1 am out of humanity's... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...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 in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach,... | |
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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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign... 
