 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 276 pages
...of life's eventful day. SECTION V. ; v cnt» supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, I...survey, , My right there is none to dispute ; From tho centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms,... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...blows, And sin and sorrow are no more ! VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I...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,... | |
 | Frederick Hall - 1840 - 204 pages
...most of the English lords. Its owner is a Mr. Bell, who might exclaim, as Cowper makes Selkirk do, "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." Mr. B. is a very intelligent, obliging inn-keeper, and is well known to all respectable travellers,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 pages
...an additional syllable. But his courage 'gan fail him For no art could avail him. Three Anaptzsts. I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Four Anapcests. At the close of the day when the hamlet is still. Hypermeter of four Anapasts. On the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...and plume from fading. VERSES, Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hla solitary abude In the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That ages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...her ports rejoice, Wliile all her sons adore thy choice. With him for ever dwell. ROBINSON CRUSOE. I AM monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none...sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, O solitude ! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 92 I... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 pages
...The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. Examples ; the Bar to be placed after th* secoid Cadence. 1. •1 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bru1e. 2. | Swift through the sky the vessel of the Suras, Sails up the field of ether like an angel... | |
 | Max Kaluza - 1911 - 422 pages
...grave where our hero we buried. Cowper's Alexander Selkirk consists of anapaestic verses of three feet: I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing From the raindrops... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Supposed to Be Written by Alexander Selkirk during His Solitary Abode on the Island of Juan Fernandez 23 y have, And I am rich with little store. They poor, I rich; they beg, I g center all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude! where are the charms That... | |
 | Robert D. Hamner - 1993 - 504 pages
...cannibal feasts, that compared, for instance, to that poem by Cowper which we all learnt at school, I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all around to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, compared to that poem, the novel, any novel... | |
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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. 
