 | Sture All n - 1997 - Liczba stron: 116
...patois. One rose hearing two languages, one of the trees, one of school children reciting in English: 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. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Edward E. Leslie - 1988 - Liczba stron: 614
...dispute: From the centre ali around 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. — William Cowper. "Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk. During His Solitary Abode... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1998 - Liczba stron: 384
...surprisingly, in Cowper: When he was again in their company, he could not help remembering what he 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 . . . Another favourite poem was invoked when, writing to Cassandra from their new home in Southampton... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - Liczba stron: 1160
...clothed with majesty and awe, His mind his kingdom and his will his law. Truth' (i 782) I. 403 17 1 am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 18 Oh! I could thresh his old jacket till 1 made his pension jingle in his pockets. on Samuel Johnson's... | |
 | Lydia Wevers - 2002 - Liczba stron: 246
...line of verse that comes to Colenso on the hill above the Whirinaki is interesting. The full text is: 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. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - Liczba stron: 124
...TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ (1782) 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. Oh, solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - Liczba stron: 778
...Thus do I live; thus will I die; Would all did so as well as I! EDWARD DYER ENGLISH (C. 1543-1607) Verses Supposed to Be Written by Alexander Selkirk,...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 dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Anders Hallengren - 2004 - Liczba stron: 278
...patois. One rose hearing two languages, one of the trees, one of school children reciting in English: monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to...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 dwell in the midst of alarms,... | |
 | Philip Allott - 2005 - Liczba stron: 181
...by the English poet, William Cowper (1731-1800), Verses Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk: 'I am monarch of all I survey, / My right there is...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.' Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) was the Scottish sailor whose adventures were the inspiration for The... | |
 | Deborah Brown, Annie Finch, Maxine Kumin - 2005 - Liczba stron: 478
...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 sages have seen in thy face?...midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place . . . While in the country to the same metre, but to organic instruments, handmade violin, chac-chac,... | |
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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, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the... 
