 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
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...brute. Oh folitude ! where are the charms \ That fages have feen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midft of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 2. I am out of humanity's reach, I muft finifh my journey alone, Never hear the fweet mufic of fpeech, I ftart at the found of my own.... | |
 | Biography - 1799 - 614 pages
...Fernandez, are in the most popular estimation. There is great originality in the following stanza. I am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech ; 1 Start at the sound of my own. It would be absurd to give one general character of the pieces that... | |
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...Fernandez, are in the moft popular eftimation. There is a great originality in the following ftanza : I am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey alone ; Never hear the sweet music of speech; I stan at the sound of my own. It would be abfurd to give one general character of the pieces that were... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...Fernandez, are in the most popular estimation. There is great originality in the following Stanza : " I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...music of speech, I start at the sound of my own." It would be absurd to give one general character of all the pieces, which were published in this volume... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...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 sages have seen in thy face? Better...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 2. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...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 sages have seen in thy face ?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. n. I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...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 sages have seen in thy face? Better...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,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 354 pages
...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 reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speed>,'•• ' I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam over the plain, My form with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 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. II. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...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 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 hear the sweet music of speech... | |
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