Horae Solitariae

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Yet he draws from solitude a kind of satis faction, like a mere herb, or like a solitary fir on a peak, whose very life is the west wind, by which it was shapen. I think of him — I am not certain wherefore — as a ma...