 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 666 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 - 1810 - 666 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...dream*, Your busy or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the oext begun in this. THE 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,... | |
 | 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 - 1814 - 424 pages
...charms, 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... | |
 | 1817 - 314 pages
...Thank'd Heav'n, that e'er I drew my breath, And triumph'd in the thoughts of Death! THE HERMIT. Cotton. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with GOD he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pages
...wisdom, initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of selfdenial ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food...the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Pray'r all his bus'ness, all his pleasure praise. PARNELL. This dispensation... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 pages
...into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of selfdenial ; The moss his bed, tha cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Pray'r all his bus'ness, all his pleasure praise. PARWELI. This dispensation... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 342 pages
...hopes of the wily Norman aspire, hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER II. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well ; Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business — all his pleasure praise. Pornett. THE... | |
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FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all... 
