 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.  Noctes Ambrosianæ - Page 146by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
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