Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant: Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church it shows... Selection of Poems ... - Side 1321808Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| George Ellis - 1790 - 346 sider
...thanklefs errand, Fear not to touch the beft, The truth fhall be thy warrant; Go, fmce I needs muft die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And fnines like rotten wood, Go, tell the church it fhows What's good, and doth no good; If church and... | |
| 1819 - 394 sider
...DAVISON.f Go soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errant ; — * In the comedy of ' As You like It.' Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten-wood ; Say to the church, it shows What's good,... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 sider
...sprite did tremble all for grief, And cursed th' access of that celestial thief. THE *AREWELL.f Go Soul, the Body's guest, Upon a thankless errand :...to touch the best ; The truth shall be thy warrant. * The letter, by way of argument to explain Spenser's Poem, is addressed «To the Right Noble and Valorous'... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 sider
...sprite did tremble all for grief, And cursed th' access of that celestial thief. THE lAREWELL.f Go Soul, the Body's guest, Upon a thankless errand :...to touch the best ; The truth shall be thy warrant. * The letter, by way of argument to explain Spenser's Poem, is addressed 'To the Right Noble and Valorous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 sider
...Too many times it draws that Which makes them beetle-brow'd. Ohejam satis ! THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear...And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the Church it shews What's good and doth no good, If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates... | |
| Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 sider
...regions of romance into the sober walk of history. THE FAREWELL. "Go,Soul, the Body's guest, Upon ;i thankless errand ; Fear not to .touch the best; The...thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give .them all the lie. " Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines like painted wood; Go, tell the Church... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 sider
...And the young believed it, whatever the old might. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Ascribed to Sir W. Raleigh. GO, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ;...to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; l Jo, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 sider
...action. '' Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best, The (ruth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie." His " Farewell" is at once original and tender. The " Pilgrimage" may be estimated from the following... | |
| Francis Davison - 1826 - 318 sider
...wife nor widow be. SIR JOHN DAVIS. THE LIE. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant ; e Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. • The orthography of this word is retained on account of the rhyme; but in Ellis's Specimens of the... | |
| Francis Davison - 1826 - 608 sider
...LIE. (From //..•.-/. At. SS. 6910, £ 141.) Go, soul, thy body's guest, Upon a thankless errant ; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant : Go, since I needs must die, And give them all the lie. Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Say to the church, it shows... | |
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