 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...  The Beauties of English Poesy - Page 27edited by - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Confirmation - 1836 - 604 pages
...used to call him the Hermit of the Dale, and not seldom applied to him the words of the poet — ' Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew.' But while we thought that my father was unreasonably ennobling a poor peasant... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...England ; and thus lived a Ufc of alternate excitement and despondency — both ending in woe. • .* . FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend htrmit grew ;_ The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 360 pages
...indulge in England ; and thus lived a life of alternate excitement and despondency —both ending in woe. 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... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 344 pages
...even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. LESSON CXXXI. The Hczjuii- — PARNELL. 1. 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... | |
 | Periodicals - 1840 - 272 pages
...every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken Sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew} The moss his bed, the eave hia humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | William Elliott Doubleday - 1889 - 208 pages
...through the narrow fissure at the end of the ledge on which he lay. CHAPTER XVII. A DALE ABBEY HERMIT. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his hnmble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1889 - 532 pages
...works, and own 'tis we; Ye call us the winds; but can ye tell Wither we go, or where we dwell? 155. 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... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1889 - 536 pages
...works, and own 'tis we; Ye call us the winds; but can ye tell Wither we go, or where we dwell? 155Far 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...bridled And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle, But never cam he ! ANONYMOUS. €lje permit. 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1890 - 456 pages
...Christ does all these strange acts, and repeats the proverb " Blessed are the poor in spirit."] FAB 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... | |
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