 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.  Curiosities of Literature - Pagina 150di Isaac Disraeli - 1834Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1804 - 452 pagine
...lives to come, and cannot be extended from the legal tenant." Dryden, in his Absalom and Achitophel, says, of the Earl of Shaftesbury, " David for him...heaven had wanted one immortal song." This verse was surely ringing in the ear of Pope, when, in addressing Dr. Arbuthnot, he says, "Friend of my life,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pagine
...Achitophel " says of the Earl of Shaftesbury, David for him bis tuneful harp had strung, And Heaicii had wanted one immortal song. This verse was ringing in the ear of Pope, whert with equal modesty and felicity he adopted it, in addressing his friend Dr. Arbuthnot, " Friend... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pagine
...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. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pagine
...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. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 pagine
...the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that Oppressed the noble seedDavid for him his tuneful harp had strung, And heaven had wanted one immortal song ! But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land ; Disdains... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pagine
...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 harp had strung, And heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand; And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 pagine
...the gown ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand; And fortune's ice prefers to virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pagine
...the gpwn ; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppress'd the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pagine
...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 harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Achitophel,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pagine
...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 harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal song. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. 'Achitophel,... | |
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