Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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O Solitude! where are the charms

That sages have seen in thy face?

Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk.

But the sound of the church-going bell

These valleys and rocks never heard;

Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell,

Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd.

Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk.

How fleet is a glance of the mind!

Compared with the speed of its flight