 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 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 Dudley Warner - Literature - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - English literature - 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... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - English literature - 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 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 - Literature - 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - Great Britain - 1900 - 526 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, 160 The Triple Alliance.... | |
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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. 
