 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure passed ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets Though...their own, But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quits, Though placed in Paradise, (for Earth has still Some traces... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...friendly to the best pursuits of man, 290 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace ! Domestiek life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value,...affect To understand and choose thee for their own. 295 But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quits, Though plac'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...friendly to the best pursuits of man, 290 Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace ! Domestick life in rural leisure pass'd ! Few know thy value,...affect To understand and choose thee for their own. 299 But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quite, Though plac'd... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...earth Is virtue; th' only lasting treasure, truth. p. 101. \ O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...affect To understand and choose thee for their own. * * * * * They love the country, and none else, who seek For their own sake its silence and its shade.... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827 - 826 pages
...could be elicited from him concerning the affair. CHAPTER VI. Ob, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural labour passed. Cowptn. AMONG the crowded assembly who had •witnessed the interment, perhaps there... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...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...their own. But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quits, Though placed in Paradise (for earth has still Some traces... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life iu rural pleasure past ! Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though...boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose tliee tor their own. But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, Ev'n as his first progenitor, and quits,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...find unsought 1 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 passed t Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweet* ; Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
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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. 
