| William Cowper - 1843 - 372 pagina’s
...Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. 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. 0 Solitude ! where are... | |
| Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1844 - 128 pagina’s
...this spot? and all calling you Lord and Master. Eh, Manners! Why you must feel like the poet:— " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." " Feel like the poet!" I said drily, catching at the blunder of my vulgar friend. " I suppose you mean,... | |
| Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pagina’s
...EIGHTH. Reflections of Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary Abode on the Island of Juan Fernandez. 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. 0 Solitude! where are the... | |
| Joe Cowell - 1844 - 112 pagina’s
...particles from littering the snow-white pavement. The childish pride I felt as "to myself I said," " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute," •was checked by the recollection of the sacrifice 3 was about to make of my profession ; and for... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pagina’s
...momenta of secluded wo — Alike thy сагэ and constancy confess, [bleas. 7 ОГ.. ALEXANDE I SELKIRK. I am monarch — of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute j From the centre — all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pagina’s
...an additional syllable. But his courage 'gan fail him, For no arts could avail him. Three Anapatsts. 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. Four Anapaests. At the... | |
| George Rogers - 1845 - 412 pagina’s
...he holds a good and clear title, in fee simple, to be able with Alexander Selkirk, to exclaim — " I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." Beyond controversy all this is very comfortable, and the wight thus blessed has small temptation either... | |
| Thomas L. Haskell, Richard F. Teichgraeber, III - 1996 - 564 pagina’s
...have since annually carried off what it yielded without a wheel barrow. With respect to landscapes, "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." I have frequently seen a poet withdraw, having enjoyed the most valuable part of a farm, while the... | |
| Robert D. Hamner - 1993 - 504 pagina’s
...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,... | |
| 1889 - 1032 pagina’s
...arrived at the station where we had agreed to meet, I at once telegraphed. 10. Diagram or analyze : " I am monarch of all I survey. My right there is none to dispute ; From the center all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." • UNITED STATES HISTORY.... | |
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