 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.  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 131de Samuel Johnson - 1779Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...which they grew, and to which they arc immediately introductory : " O, had lie been content to serve the crown " With virtues only proper to the gown, " Or had the rank ness of the soil," &c. For so natural an addition, therefore, we have no occasion to look for... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...the wretched to redress, 194 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...Unbrib'd, unfouvht, «he wctched to redrefs; Swift oí difpatch, and eafy of accefs. Oh ! had he bten content to ferve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown ; Or lud tlie ranknefs of the foil been freed Fiom cockle, that oppiefs'd the roble feed ; Pavid for him... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...wretched to redrefs, Swift of difp^.tch, and eafy of acceis. Oh ! had he been content to ferve the crowu With virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the ranknefs...foil been freed From cockle, that opprefs'd the noble leed; David for him his tuneful harp had ftmng, And heaven had wanted one immortal ( >ng. But wild... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access. Oh ! bad 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 tue noble seed ; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...wretched to redress, iwift of dispatch, and easy of access. _^X ' 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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 pages
...unbought, the wretched to redress, Swift of dispatch, and easy of access ; O 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 seedDavid for him his tuneful... | |
 | 1809 - 402 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 ranknesa of the soil been free'd From cockle that oppress' d the noble seed , David for him hii tuneful... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1810 - 722 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 ine soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed David for him his tuneful... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 582 pages
...more clean, Unbrib'd, unfought, the wretched to redrefs ; Swift of difpatch, and eafy of accefs. 191 Oh ! had he been content to ferve the crown, With...freed, From cockle, that opprefs'd the noble feed ; 195 David for him his tuneful harp had ftrung, And heaven had wanted one immortal fong. But wild... | |
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