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  • Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk

    During His Solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez

    I AM monarch of all I survey,—
      My right there is none to dispute;
    From the centre all round to the sea,
      I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
    O Solitude! where are the charms
      That sages have seen in thy face?
    Better dwell in the midst of alarms
      Than reign in this...

    William Cowper

  • Verses Supposed To Be Written by Alexander Selkirk

    I am monarch of all I survey,

        My right there is none to dispute;

    From the center all round to the sea

        I am lord of the fowl and the brute.


    O solitude! where are the charms

        That sages have seen in thy face?

    Better dwell in the midst of alarms

        Than reign in this horrible...