 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - 1897 - 346 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 490 pàgines
...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... | |
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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. 
