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" O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace... "
A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank]. - Page 225
by James Flamank - 1833
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...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,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...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...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 understand...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...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 understand...
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Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall, Part 1

Thomas H. Williams - Cornwall (England : County) - 1804 - 202 pages
...seldom fail to tranquilise the perturbations of worldly anxiety, and renovate the dormant affections. ' O ! friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly...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 presents,...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and ..., Volume 2

Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 406 pages
...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...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 understand...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...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...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: As Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 2

Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806 - 480 pages
...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...
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Solitude

Johann Georg Zimmermann - Loneliness - 1808 - 430 pages
...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...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 understand...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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...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 understand...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...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...
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