 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 his...  Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ... - Page 229by Addison (pseud.) - 1795Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 434 pages
...a hint. V. " How use doth in a man a habit breed." So Shakespeare wrote and many have agreed. VI. " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew." W. MAUNG WYNCH, Junr. ANSWER TO DOUBLE ACEOSTIC. VANESSA EMMET N IT LLAH I NNUEND... | |
 | Maurice Charles Hime - 1891 - 652 pages
...Present. For example, I have just opened Parnell's Hermit — the opening lines of which are : — " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew." We soon come to the paragraph beginning : — " The morn was wasted in the pathless... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 452 pages
...rich, or praise the great. Who, while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give. THE HERMIT. 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... | |
 | 1893 - 386 pages
...Comeý hurrying on before his day, Shall only find by this decree, The soul flies sooner back to me. THE HERMIT. 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... | |
 | 1893 - 736 pages
...Would I were safe at home in bed ! ' The Farmer's Wife and the Kaven (Fables of J. GAY, 1688-1732). 2. 'Far in a wild unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew.' The Hermit (THOMAS PARNELL, 1679-1718). 3. ' The other shape ; If shape it might... | |
 | South Kensington Museum - 1893 - 460 pages
...is said to have been painted by Sir Edwiu Landseer. Canvas, 18J X 22, upright. Sheepshanks Gift. " 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 568 pages
...aspire) hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. Doffed : removed. CHAPTER SIXTEENTH. 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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1894 - 544 pages
...terrify his manly soul, for why should he be afraid of anything? 344 THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. ». R 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 656 pages
...dreams, Your busy 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 to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1895 - 306 pages
...appearance. He wore a long, full beard, not common at that time. When we read in our reader at school of the "Hermit," " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age the reverend hermit grew, The moss his bed, his cave the humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
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