 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 էջ
...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,... | |
 | 1802 - 302 էջ
...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...taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affeS To understand and choose thee for their own. 295 But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, Even... | |
 | Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 էջ
...seldom fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets." COWFER. The road immediately beyond Weston-mill presents, from its steepness, a very formidable ascent,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 էջ
...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... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 480 էջ
...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... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 էջ
...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...leisure pass'd! Few know thy value, and few taste tliy tweets, Though many boast thy f-ivours, and alert To understand and clioose thee for thy own.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 էջ
...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...value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favors, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own. But foolish man foregoes his proper... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 էջ
...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... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1813 - 478 էջ
...clay, and onder roofs of humhle thatch, you are, in comparison, poor indeed. O, friendly to the hest pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and...know thy value, and few taste thy sweets, Though many hoast thy favours, and affect To onderstand and choose thee for thy own. Characters enervated hy prosperity... | |
 | Charles Marshall - 1813 - 464 էջ
...to supply his wants, and regale his taste ; to furnish him at once with both plenty and pleasure." O friendly to the best pursuits of man, "Friendly...and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd. Scenes formed for contemplation, and to nurse The growing seeds of wisdom ; that suggest, . . . By... | |
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O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace... 
