 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
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access. Oh 1 had he been content to serve 0 rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful... | |
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...the wretched to redress, 190 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, 195 David for him his tuneful... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pages
...in the second edition. The Abbelkdia was the Jewish Chief Justice. 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 - 1880 - 524 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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...with France in 1670, when Shaftesbury was a member of ihe Cab.,l. 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 Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 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... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 498 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... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1886 - 256 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1893 - 194 pages
...the wretched to redress, 190 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... | |
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