 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...that Which makes them beetle-.brow'd. - 0/lejam satis! THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best,...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; - - Go, tell the Church it shews What's good... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...that Which makes them beetle-brow'd. Ohejam satis ! THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best,...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the Church it shews What's good... | |
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...whatever the old might. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Ascribed to Sir W. Raleigh. GO, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best,...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the Church it shews What's good,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...passing on the great theatre of his action. '' Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy...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 - English poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...wife nor widow be. SIR JOHN DAVIS. THE LIE. Goj 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 - English poetry - 1826 - 290 pages
...collector. THE LIE. (From Harl. MSS. 6910, f. 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, Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Say to the church, it shows What's good,... | |
 | Francis Davison - English poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant; e Fear not to touch the best, The trutlwshall be thy warrant: Go, 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 - English poetry - 1826 - 608 pages
...soul can kill! (From Hurl. MSS. 2296, f. 135.) Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errant; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant: Oo, since I needs must die, And tell them all they lie. Say to the Court, it glows, And shines like... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...quiet Palmer, Travelleth towards the land of Heaven. THE SOUL S ERRAND. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best,...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the Church it shews What's good... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...them blazing round the sacred sh Of bless'd Eternity. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand! Fear not to touch the best,...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the church it shows What's good,... | |
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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, And shines like rotten wood, Say to the church it shows What's good, and doth no good.... 
