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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. "
Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes - Page 21
edited by - 1851
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Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery

William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...ipposed to be written by ALEXANDER SELKIRK, daring hii solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...fowl and the brute. O Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during kin solitary aboZe in the Island of Juan Fernandez* 1. I am monarch of all I survey, *• My right there...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 I, . Better dwell in the midst...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...Supposed to be written ly Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the island of Juan Fernandez. I. 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. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 224 pages
...Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 2.I am out of humanity's reach; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude! where are the charms, I must finish my journey alone; Never hear the sweet music of speech;...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during his v •• solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez. _ I .AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, i .», I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! whera are the charms, ., That sages have seen...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...supposed to be. written by AlexmidKr Selkirk, durjng his solitary abode in the tsland-of Juan Fernandez. 1 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to dispute.; From the centre all round to the sea, lam lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy...
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The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner

Daniel Defoe - Adventure and adventurers - 1826 - 184 pages
...AltniiK IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ,; IN WlllCH Hi: HAD LIVKD t)'JITf: ALONE, UPWARDS OF FOUtt YEARS. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to tho sea, 1 am lord of tho fowl and the bruta. Oh, Solitude ! where are the charm* . That sages hava...
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The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families: On a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1827 - 494 pages
...have teen written by Alexander .Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. 1. I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...and the brute. O solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face 1 Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible...
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Oriental Herald and Colonial Review, Volume 12

James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1827 - 604 pages
...quote, as pourtraying, with the skill of a master, a hopeless condition of dreary independence : ' I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. O, Solitude t where are the charms That sages have scen in thy face t Better dwell in the midst of alarms. Than...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...the foregoing rules, require the s inflection, must, in poetry, adopt the same inflection. EXAMPLES. I am monarch of all I survey*, My right there is none...to the sea', I am lord of the fowl and the brute*. Can you discern another's mind' ? Why is't you envy* ? Envy's blind*. i Tell envy', when she would...
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