 And lost are those who dare resist Or touch the Lord's anointed. And this is law that I'll maintain Until my dying day, sir, That whatsoever king shall reign, Still I'll be Vicar of Bray, sir.  A Book about the Clergy - Page 111by John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...their due : This was not in time of yore, When this old cap was new. O. SONG XXXV. THE VICAR OF BRAY.* IN good King Charles's golden days When loyalty no harm meant, A zealous high-church man I was, And so I got preferment : To teach my flock I never miss'd, Kings are by God... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...free-born men of old Englonde, And old Englonde's free born men. REv. S. HOOLE. THE VICAR OF BRAY. IN good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A furious high churchman I was, And so I gain'd preferment ; Unto my flock I daily preach'd, Kings were... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...free-born men of old Englonde, And old Englonde's free born men. REV. S. HOOLE. THE VICAR OF BRAY. IN good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A furious high churchman I was, And so I gain'd preferment ; Unto my flock I daily preach'd, Kings were... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...free-born men of old Englonde, And old Englonde's free born men. REv. S. HOOLE. THE VICAR OF BRAY. IN good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A furious high churchman I was, And so I gain'd preferment ; Unto my flock I daily preach'd, Kings were... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...still in mind, That unto dust, Return thou must, Thus think, then drink tobacco. THE VICAR OF BRAY. IN good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A zealous high churchman I was, And so I got preferment: To teach my flock I never miss'd, Kings are by GOD appointed, And damn'd... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1853 - 706 pages
...us of the Vicar of Bray, of famous memory, who, if I recollect aright, commenced Im career thus : " In good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A zealous High Churchman I was, And so I got preferment." How widely different are the men we see classed under the title High... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 444 pages
...of the Vicar of Bray, of famous memory, who, if I recollect aright, commenced his career thus : — In good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A zealous High Churchman I was, And so I got preferment. How widely different are the men we see classed under the title Sigh... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1857 - 436 pages
...of the Yicar of Bray, of famous memory, who, if I recollect aright, commenced his career thus : — In good King Charles's golden days, When loyalty no harm meant, A zealous High Churchman I was, And so I got preferment. How widely different are the men we see classed under the title High... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - Clerks - 1859 - 380 pages
...Charles's golden daya, When loyalty had no harm in't, A zealous High-Church man I was, And so I gained preferment. To teach my flock I never missed : Kings were by God appointed; And they are damned who dare resist, Or touch the Lord's anointed. Chorus. — And this is law, I will... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Berkshire (England) - 1860 - 292 pages
...this, to live and die the vicar of Bray.' " Hence his declaration in the wellknown ballad : — • " To teach my flock I never missed Kings were by God appointed; Ami they are damned who dare resist Or touch the Lord's anointed. Ami this is law, 1 will maintain... | |
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