| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...Mrs. Mason, in the Catliedml of Bristol ib. Page Page COWPER. Table-Talk 779 Conversation 784 Verses appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn...Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just nu 791 John Gilpin 792 An Epistle to Joseph Hill, E»q. 794 Ynrdley Oak ib. The Cast-away 796 Boadioau... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1820 - 286 Seiten
...desert island; but more, I think, to be pitied than he: for Hobinson, you know, could very well say, " I am monarch of all I survey: My right there is none to dispute: From the centre all round to the sea, I an lord of the fowl and the brute." . ttNow Columbus was a " monarch" too ;... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...tun'd at length to some immortal song, It sounds Jehovah's name, and pours his praise along. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 Seiten
...And she the works of Phoebus aiding, Both Poet saves and Plume from fading. VERSES, Supposed to he written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary...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, That... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...petition, - - • . • . . . 223 3. Unhappy close of life, ..... 224 4. Elegy to pity, ife 6. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during...his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, .... 225 6. Gratitude, - - ... 227 7. A man perishing in the snow ; from whence -reflections are raised... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...semblances have lost their use. ALEXANDER SELKIRK during his solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandes. 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... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 Seiten
...Some soul congenial then may lend its aid* And gild the close of life's eventful day SECTION V. Verses supposed to be written by .Alexander Selkirk, during...his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. 1. 1 AM monarch of all I survey, Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 562 Seiten
...Supptucd lo be atrmen lty Alexander Selkirk, during kit Sdilary Abode in the bland of Juan Fernandtz, I. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to 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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...estate, sint, sunto. But let me 48 look at Robinson Crusoe's verses," said Frank ; and he read them. " 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." <• My dear Frank, do get your lesson,''... | |
| William Banks - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...sometimes alternate rhymes. The following lines of Cowper, are an example of verses having three feet. " 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. BB Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That... | |
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