...self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK 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...

...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...the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with (Jod he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,...

...HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to fge a«ev«read hermit gjeirj 366 Tlie moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from men, with God he pa-'S'd the (Jays, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,...

...equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wild, unknown to pnblic view, Froui youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruit«, his drink the crystal well : Remote from men, with God he pa-s'd the days, Prayer ull his...

...wisdom, initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of self-denial; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the chrystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, Pray'r all his business, all his pleasure...

...extremes; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a wHd, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss bis bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits his drink the crystal well: Remote from men,...

...extremes; And find a life of equal bliss. Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. FAR in a w'ld, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss bis bed, the cave his humble cell, His fowl the irait«, Ills drink the crystal well: Remote from men,...

...warn the frolic, and instruct the gay, From Jessy floating on her wat'ry bier.' THE HERMIT. PARNELL. 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...

...Repairs ber smiles, awakens every grace, And calU forth all the wonders of her face. Vllls-TAe Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age, a rev'revd hermit grew, The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, liis drink the...

...• THE HERMIT * ' T may assert eternal Providence, * And justify the ways of God to man. •ILTOH. 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...