 | 1804 - 452 lehte
...come, and cannot be extended from the legal tenant." Dryden, in his Absalom and Achitophel, says, of the Earl of Shaftesbury, " David for him his tuneful...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 lehte
...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 - 482 lehte
...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, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 - 536 lehte
...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 - 532 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 lehte
...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 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 lehte
...for food, to be laid on our tombs after our death." Dryden, in his " Absalom and Achitophel," says of the Earl of Shaftesbury, " David for him his tuneful...harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal long." This verse was ringing in the ear of Pope, when with equal modesty and felicity he adopted it,... | |
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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. 
