 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 pages
...concluded with France in 1670, when Shaftesbury was a member of the Cabal. Oh! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pages
...with France in 1670, when Shaftesbury was a member of the Cabal. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress; Swift of despatch and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the nmkness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress. Swift of dispatch, and easy of access, Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 490 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh! had he been content to serve the Crown, With virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 348 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress. Swift of dispatch, and easy of access, Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress; Swift of despatch and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 578 pages
...the wretched to redress ; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 pages
...the wretched to redress ; Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
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Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song. 
