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 First Part of Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations ... - Seite 24 von John Dryden - 1716 Vollansicht -
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