 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 Ambrosianĉ - Page 146by John Wilson - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Kate Sanborn - English poetry - 1869 - 306 pages
...swine : " " Great wits arc sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide." " But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land." " Beware the fury of a patient man." " He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - English literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand ; And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Achitophel, grown weary to possess A lawful fame, a lasting happiness, Disdained the golden fruit to... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed; David for him his tuneful harp had strung. But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand; And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. Achitophel, grown weary to possess A lawful fame, a lasting happiness, Disdained the go'.den fruit... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...two-legg'd thing, a son. Part \. Line 169. Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. Part \. Line 174. But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.t Part \. Line ig3. The people's prayer — the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...the noble seed ; David3 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, grown weary to possess A lawful fame, and lazy happiness, Disdained the golden fruit to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 380 pages
...noble seed, 195 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, grown weary to possess 200 A lawful fame and lazy happiness, Disdained the golden fruit... | |
 | John Dryden - 1871 - 368 pages
...noble seed, 195 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, grown weary to possess aoo A lawful fame and lazy happiness, > Disdained the golden fruit... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1897 - 764 pages
...seed, • 195 David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.t . ' But wild ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.J Achitophel, grown weary to possess 2OO A lawful fame and lazy happiness, Disdained the golden... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...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, grown weary to possess A lawful fame, and lazy happiness, Disdained the golden fruit to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 388 pages
...noble seed, 195 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, grown weary to possess joo A lawful fame and lazy happiness, Disdained the golden fruit... | |
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