| Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1859 - 838 pages
...lye. Goe tell the court it glowcs And shines like rotten wood ; Goo tell the church it showes What 's good, and doth no good ; If church and court reply, Then give them both the lye. Tell potentates they live Acting by others actions—• Not loved unlesso they give, Not strong... | |
| George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 396 pages
...strange strife, And bring my soul to better rest. THE SOUL S ERRAND. 1 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. 2 Go tell the Court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the Church it shows What's good... | |
| James Redpath - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 530 pages
...the present case. Hear them : THE SOUL'S ERRAND. 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. Go, tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the Church it shows What's good,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...grief, And cursed the access of that celestial thief! THE SOUL'S ERRAND. 3 Go, Soul, the Body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to touch the best...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 it... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...grief, And cursed die access of that celestial thief I THE SOUL'S ERRAND. 3 Go, Soul, the Body's guest, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give them all the lie. Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best; Go, tell the Court it glows,... | |
| John Rutherfurd Russell - 1861 - 646 pages
...right and natural for the great and unfortunate Raleigh to write :— " Go, soul ! the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand : Fear not to touch the best, The Truth shall be thy warrant." His soul, or spirit, was to represent him after his death. This is legitimate enough ; but we come... | |
| 1861 - 790 pages
...only quote a few from the thirteen verses of " The Soul's Errand :"— " Go, soul, thy body's guest, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And gire the world the lie. Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best, " Tell them that brave... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best;—the truth shall be thy wnrrani , Go, since thou needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to...then give them both the lie. Tell Potentates, they live acting by others' action ; Not loved, unless they give : not strong, but by a faction ; If Potentates... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 622 pages
...and little is known respecting those that have come down to us. THE LIE. 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,... | |
| James McGrigor Allan - 1862 - 320 pages
...wrong, it is entirely their own fault. But Christopher Marlow says:— " 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." Brave, lying world! Let it be an open question, as it has always been. Admitted, that men of genius... | |
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