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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.... "
The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works - Page 693
by Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829
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The Household Book of Poetry

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...
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1

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...
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Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...

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,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

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,...
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The History and heroes of the art of medicine

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...
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 29-30

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...
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English sacred poetry, of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and ...

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...
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

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,...
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The cost of a coronet, Volume 1; Volume 9

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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