 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sider
...despis'dp^all* • Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? ' Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man* Friendly...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd!nv.)ri !,:,„,,!-• Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. 0, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand... | |
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, 293 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affeS To understand... | |
 | Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 sider
...seldom fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets." COWFER. The road immediately beyond Weston-mill presents,... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 406 sider
...power. The poet Cowper, in his contemplation of a country life, speaks forcibly on this subject. " O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...and to peace, Domestic life, in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 480 sider
...power. The poet Cow per, in his Contemplation of a Country Life, speaks forcibly . on this subject : " O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life, in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets, . Though many boast thy favours, and affect... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sider
...of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 sider
...virtuous feel within walls of clay, and under roofs of humble thatch, you are, in comparison, poor indeed. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd! Few know thy value, and few taste tliy tweets, Though many boast thy f-ivours, and alert To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 sider
...of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought ? Tell me. ...and I will tell thee what is truth. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favors, and affect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 sider
...despis'd of all, Seek and obtain, and often find unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
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O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace... 
