 | Children's poetry - 1899 - 374 pages
...sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. j Society, friendship and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, O, had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | William De Witt Hyde - Books and reading - 1900 - 504 pages
...sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach ; I must finish my journey...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh, had I the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 pages
...Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, 10 Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, 15 Their lameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh,... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 362 pages
...there is none to dispute! From the centre all round to the sea, I am Lord of the fowl and the brute! O, Solitude! where are the charms That Sages have seen...Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestowed upon Man, O, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 524 pages
...is none to dispute ! From the centre all round to the sea, I am Lord of the fowl and the brute ! O, Solitude ! where are the charms That Sages have seen...Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestowed upon Man, O, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, I am out of humanity's roach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet...shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again I My sorrows I then... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1846 - 204 pages
...sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tnmeness is shocking to me. Society, friendship and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 avel — Whatever's the meaning of that — Oh, why did papa strike pay lameness is shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh had I the... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1902 - 406 pages
...sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey...shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and Love Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then... | |
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Better dwell in the 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, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with... 
