 | English essays - 1848 - 744 pages
...his erudition, not to be compared to the little finger of the younger Scaliger, who can truly say — I 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 Burraan... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...me goes, Pure-bofom'd as that wat'ry glafe, And heav'n reflected in her face* VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I furvey, • f My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1798 - 370 pages
...fhe goes, Pure-bofom'd as that wat'ry glafs, And heav'n reflected in her face. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM moharch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute; From the centre all round to the fea,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 372 pages
...as that wat'ry glafs, And heav'n refle&ed in her face. YERSES BY A. SELKIRK. VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1803 - 310 pages
...goes, Pure-bosom'd as that wat'ry glass, And heav'n reflected in her face. * VERSES, 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... | |
 | John Davis - United States - 1803 - 470 pages
...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 sea, I am lord of the fowl and the b ute." B 4 The morning passed away not... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM-monarch of all/1 survey, • My fight there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, J am lord 'of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude 1 where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy... | |
 | Richard Warner - Bath (England) - 1808 - 216 pages
...imagination left poor reality in the back ground. All is not gold that glitters, Rattle. 'Tis true, . . " I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute:" but, alas! I, like other sovereigns, find that the lap of dignity is not '' a bed of roses," nor royal... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...owe; And she the works of Phcebus aiding, Both poet saves and plume from fading. VERSES 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...its aid, And gild the clofe of life's eventful day. SECTION V. Versa supposed to be written by Alex. Selkirk, during his Solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, I AM monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute ; From the centre all round to the iea, I am lord of the... | |
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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. 
