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 | Walter Scott - 1895 - 556 pages
...did the wily Norman aspire) hastened to re-ceive the orders of the future sovereign^-'' CHAPTER XVI. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the care his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1895 - 544 pages
...preferment did the wily Norman aspire) hastened to re-ceive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER XVI. 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...I have vainly done) Amusing thought, but learns to know That solitude's the nurse of woe. PARNELL. 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... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...L. 249. Until I truly loved, I was alone. f. MRS. NORTON — The Lady of La Qaraye. Pt. II. L. 381. And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...unwilling rows to land, ' Adieu ! " she cried, and wav'd her lily hand. (THOMAS PAENELI, 1679—1718.] 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 li .od the fruits, his drink... | |
 | Henry Inman - 1898 - 300 pages
...that flowed near by. Thus, in the calm enjoyment of his self-imposed solitude, he lived with "The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well." Among the various languages necessary for the communication of ideas between the motley... | |
 | 1898 - 872 pages
...backward. (i) Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From vouth 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 pleasure... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...together. Christ does all these strange acts and repeats the proverb " Blessed are the poor in spirit."] 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... | |
 | John N. MacLeod, Iain N. Macleoid - 1898 - 328 pages
...existence of social order. "Such, sir, is their marked anxiety that I suspect they could wish that — Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, we reverend hermits grew. Such is their exquisite tenderness for the spirituality of our office, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 1012 pages
...CHAPTER XVI 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 driiik the crystal well; Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all... | |
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