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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. "
The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ... - Page 119
by John Dryden - 1767
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 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...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 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...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 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...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 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...
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Shaftesbury (the First Earl)

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...
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The Satires of Dryden

John Dryden - Poetry - 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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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions

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...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

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...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

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...
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Selections from the British Satirists: With an Introductory Essay by Cecil ...

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...
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