 | John Dryden - English poetry - 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...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 ronkness of the soil been freed From cockle, that opprees'd the noble seed ; 19i David for him his... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - English literature - 1869 - 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 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... | |
 | William Dougal Christie - Great Britain - 1871 - 652 pages
...point to a distinction between the Judge and the Minister: — " 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. 
