 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 Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet...  Poems - Strana 178podľa William Cowper - 1854Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Počet stránok 260
...of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet musick of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. HI. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - Počet stránok 544
...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...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love. Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1844 - Počet stránok 476
...this fact is touched by Cowper, in the expressions he attributes to Selkirk on the desert isle : — " The beasts that roam over the plain, My form .with...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me." But in the case of our fugitives, the tameness was not shocking : it was the evidence of a remoteness... | |
 | 1857 - Počet stránok 602
...to the presence of man. Cowper's lines were remembered, and felt to present a life-like picture : " The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tamencss is shocking to me." One evening eighty buffaloes, the most dangerous of all African quadrupeds,... | |
 | 1902 - Počet stránok 874
...sound of my own." (Loud laughter.) And then, as if turning to his own party, Lord Rosebery proceeded: "The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with men, Their lameness is shocking to me." (Renewed laughter and cheers.) Yes, it was shocking, and shocking... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - Počet stránok 330
...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...indifference see : They are so unacquainted with man, Their lameness — is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowM upon man, Oh, had I... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Počet stránok 490
...journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech — I start at the sound of my own. The heasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference...unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely4 bestowed upon man, Oh ! had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - Počet stránok 396
...humanity's reach, 1 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 indifference see : They ore no unacquainted with man, Their lameness— is shocking to niti. Society, friendship, and love.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1908 - Počet stránok 632
...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...indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon... | |
 | 1908 - Počet stránok 464
...humanity's reach, 10 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 indifference see; 15 They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and Love... | |
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