 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 ページ
...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 ページ
...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...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 To... | |
 | 1802 - 302 ページ
...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... | |
 | Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 ページ
...seldom fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...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 Weston-mill... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 480 ページ
...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...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 understand.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 ページ
...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 leisure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 ページ
...despised of all Seek and obtain, and often find unsought I Tell me — and I will tell the what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to...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 understand... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 406 ページ
...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...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 To... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 ページ
...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...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 alert To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 ページ
...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...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 To... | |
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Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own. 
