 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...O, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best : The truth shall be thy warrant, Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. The Sours E * Sylvester is now generally regarded as the author of ' The Soul's Errand,' long attributed... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
..., soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant : Go, since I needs must die, And give...no good : If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand! Fear not to touch the best ; The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give...no good. If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates — they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - English poetry - 1870 - 322 pages
...Wrawiy his lye " in a MS. of Mr. Collier's ; see his " Bibl. Cat.," vol. ii. p. 224. Also ascribed 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 What's good, and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to touch the best, Tile truth shall be d tears began to How. CHORUS. Revolving in his altered...and then, c. nigh lie stole; And /cars began to flaw What 's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand; . Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give...shines like rotten wood; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good, and doth no good: If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...touch the best. The troth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since thou needs must die, ' And give them all but does no good : If court and church reply, Give court and church the lie. Tell potentates they live... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...E X J ~S2 z o H E ks£j| Upon a thankless errand ! 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 3 1 ~8 H Ed K 03 O H 3 E < And shines like rotten wood ; M z K E a. Say... | |
 | 1967 - 360 pages
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Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give,... 
