...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, with God he pass'd the days, Praver all his business, alt his pleasure...

...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 to age a reverend hermit grew • The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink...

...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 the crystal well. Remote...

...Thank'd Heav'n, that e'er I drew my breath, And triumph'd in the thoughts of Death! THE HERMIT. Cotton. 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...

...last note of the organ, to fold his thin transparent ivory fingers, and say, " Let us pray!" NORTH. " 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...

...initiated into the mystery of a holy life, and perfected in the discipline of selfdenial ; 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, Pray'r all his bus'ness, all his pleasure...

...slept? And such is man, soon from his cell of clay To burst a seraph in the blaze of day ! 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...

...Hermit. FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, ?rom youth to age, a rev'rend hermit grew. 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 the days ; Prayer all his bus'ness, all his pleasure...

...hopes of the wily Norman aspire, hastened to receive the orders of the future sovereign. CHAPTER II. 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...