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 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with (Jod he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to fge a«ev«read hermit gjeirj 366 Tlie moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with God he pa-'S'd the (Jays, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 620 pages
...equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to pnblic view, Froui youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruit«, his drink the crystal well : Remote from men, with God he pa-s'd the days, Prayer ull his... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 502 pages
...wisdom, initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of self-denial; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the chrystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Pray'r all his business, all his pleasure... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...extremes; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wHd, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss bis bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits his drink the crystal well: Remote from men,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 664 pages
...extremes; And find a life of equal bliss. Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a w'ld, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss bis bed, the cave his humble cell, His fowl the irait«, Ills drink the crystal well: Remote from men,... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...warn the frolic, and instruct the gay, From Jessy floating on her wat'ry bier.' THE HERMIT. PARNELL. FAR in a wild unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Repairs ber smiles, awakens every grace, And calU forth all the wonders of her face. Vllls-TAe Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev'revd hermit grew, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, liis drink the... | |
 | 1816 - 300 pages
...• THE HERMIT * ' T may assert eternal Providence, * And justify the ways of God to man. •ILTOH. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew ; The moss his bed — the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
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