 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1813 - 478 pages
...roofs of humhle thatch, you are, in comparison, poor indeed. O, friendly to the hest pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic...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 pages
...taste ; to furnish him at once with both plenty and pleasure." O friendly to the best pursuits of man, "Friendly to thought, to virtue 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... | |
 | Edward Berwick - 1813 - 584 pages
...Egyptian queen entered the Cydnus* she was in all the bloom O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed.— COWPEH. 1 See BLACKWELL, vol. ii. p. 228. * Agrippa, Royal wench, She made great Csesar... | |
 | 1849 - 748 pages
...recur with interest to his beautiful lines in " The Task :" " O friendly to the belt pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life, in rural pleasure pass'd 1 Few know thy value, and few taste thy swccti, Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 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 sweetj ) Though many boast thy favours, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domest ck life in rural pleasure pass'd ? IVw know thy value, and few taste thy sweets ; Though...understand and choose thee for their own. But foolish man forgoes his proper hliss, E'en as his first progenitor, and quits. Though p ac d in Paradise (for earth... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1819 - 410 pages
...roofs of humble thatch, you are, in comparison, poor indced. O, friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure pass'd i. Few kuowthy value, andfew taste thyswcets, Though many boast thy favours, and effect To understand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...find unsought; Tell me — and I will teH thee what is truth. O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace ! Domestic...taste thy sweets Though many boast thy favours, and affeet To understand and choose thee for their own. But foolish man foregoes his proper bliss, E'en... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...character. RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND. VOL. I. RURAL LIFE IN ENGLAND. Oh ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd ! COTVPER. THE stranger who would form a correct opinion of the English character,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...performance of Washington Irving, a native of that country.] " Oh ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural pleasure pass'd! — COWPER; •ii, •»'••. i • > • _______ — — — i* •:,.., .1 i... | |
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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. 
