 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 Seiten
...• 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 leisure pass'd!nv.)ri !,:,„,,!-• Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 Seiten
...fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets." COWFER. The road immediately beyond... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 Seiten
...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 leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 454 Seiten
...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...thought, 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 Seiten
...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 to...thought, to virtue, 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 Seiten
...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...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 affect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 Seiten
...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 leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favors, and affect... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 Seiten
...unsought? Tell me — and I will tell thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, 230 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 affect... | |
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O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace... 
