“I am out of humanity's reach.
I must finish my journey alone,
Never hear the sweet music of speech;
I start at the sound of my own.”

— William Cowper

Source: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 9.

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(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800

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