 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
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 pages
...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... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 584 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 rank ness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed, David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 pages
...* A Jewish word for judge. Shaftesbury had been Lord Chancellor. 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 378 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 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 oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 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 ra.n1rnp.aa of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...wretched to redress ; i» 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 ; as David for him his tuneful... | |
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