...of life's eventful day. SECTION V. ; v cnt» supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hit solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez, I...survey, , My right there is none to dispute ; From tho centre all round to the sea, 1 am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh solitude ! where are the charms,...

...blows, And sin and sorrow are no more ! VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK, DURING HIS SOLITARY ABODE IN THE ISLAND OF JUAN FERNANDEZ. I...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,...

...an additional syllable. But his courage 'gan fail him For no art could avail him. Three Anaptzsts. 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. Four Anapcests. At the close of the day when the hamlet is still. Hypermeter of four Anapasts. On the...

...most of the English lords. Its owner is a Mr. Bell, who might exclaim, as Cowper makes Selkirk do, "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute." Mr. B. is a very intelligent, obliging inn-keeper, and is well known to all respectable travellers,...

...and plume from fading. VERSES, Supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during hla solitary abude In the Island of Juan Fernandez. I AM monarch of all...round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That ages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms,...

...her ports rejoice, Wliile all her sons adore thy choice. With him for ever dwell. ROBINSON CRUSOE. I AM monarch of all I survey ; My right there is none...sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute, O solitude ! what are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, 92 I...

...The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. Examples ; the Bar to be placed after th* secoid Cadence. 1. •1 I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none...all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the bru1e. 2. | Swift through the sky the vessel of the Suras, Sails up the field of ether like an angel...

...grave where our hero we buried. Cowper's Alexander Selkirk consists of anapaestic verses of three feet: I am monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing From the raindrops...

...Supposed to Be Written by Alexander Selkirk during His Solitary Abode on the Island of Juan Fernandez 23 y have, And I am rich with little store. They poor, I rich; they beg, I g center all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude! where are the charms That...

...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, the novel, any novel...