 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
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 344 pages
...From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day. MILTON Paradise Lost bk. i, l. 748. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew. PARNELL The Hermit l. 1And so we lay from ebb-tide, till the flow Rose high enough... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 352 pages
...From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day. MILTON Paradise Lost bk. i, 1. 743. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew. PARNELL The Hermit 1.1 And so we lay from ebb-tide, till the flow Rose high enough... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905 - 528 pages
...tone, and the familiar elegance of Parnell's style. The first is the opening of his most popular poem, 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... | |
 | Romani - 1905 - 500 pages
...— WARTON. That the reader may compare the two stories the more readily, it is inserted here : — 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 568 pages
...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 crystal well ; Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business — all his pleasure... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1864 - 866 pages
...inquired for ' The Old Hermit.' Yet ho is no recluse, no ascetic. It cannot be said of him : ' The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell ; His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well' e lives among the haunts of men, in a comfortable cottage ; he can enjoy a good dinner,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1906 - 568 pages
...aspire) hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. Hotted : removed. 168 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... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...glad scene unfolding wide, Clap the glad wing, and tow'r away, . And mingle with the blaze of day. go THE HERMIT 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 crystal well : Remote from... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...glad scene unfolding wide, Clap the glad wing, and tow'r away, And mingle with the blaze of day. 90 THE HERMIT 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 crystal well: Remote from... | |
 | Martha Pike Conant - 1908 - 352 pages
...: — " 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 pleasure... | |
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