 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | John McAuley Palmer - 1901 - 684 pages
...unsought, the wretched to redress, Swift of despatch, and easy of access. O, 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... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - Authors, English - 1904 - 452 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 Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1905 - 524 pages
...in the second edition. The Abbethdin 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... | |
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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. 
