 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 1911834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 Seiten
...vith thee and be thy love. The SouTt Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand 1 Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And gire the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...often overflowed the neighbouring fields, Now runs a smooth and inoffensive course. Roscommon. LIE. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best, For truth shall be thy warrant; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Raleigh. Let... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 Seiten
...Raleigh, on, the night previous to his execution, may be familiar to the reader: they commence — " Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the beet, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go,... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1854 - 346 Seiten
...writ. Of Death and Judgment, Heaven and Hell, Who often think, must needs die well ! THE FAREWELL. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand,...thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give them all the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 Seiten
...galleries, Shorter than walks of seamen on their deeks. Sir W. Daeenant's Pllilosopher to the СЛшЛs. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to toueh the best, For truth must be thy warrant; Go, sinee I needs must die, And give the world the lie.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...so witty ; A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity. JOSHUA SYLVESTER. 1563-1818. The Soul's Errand* Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. RICHARD BARNFIELD. Address to the Nightingale.^ As it fell upon a day, In the merry month of May, Sitting... | |
 | M. A. Thomson - 1856 - 318 Seiten
...entitled the " Farewell," and in others the " Lie," and beginning with the spirited and wellknown stanza, Go soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand....to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. • As a poet, Sir Walter Ralegh might, perhaps, in the lapse of time have been forgotten, except by... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 374 Seiten
...hath treble wrong, When it is barr'd the aidance of the tongue. Shakspeare. CCCCXXXVIII. CCCCXXXIX. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best For truth must be Ihy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. * * * Tell... | |
 | 1856 - 372 Seiten
...for your friend is so much your second-self, that he w;)l judge too like you. — Pope. CCCCXXXIX. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best For truth must be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. • * * Tell... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 Seiten
...intent Tt> your delights, without curb to their modest And noble freedom. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 1552-1618. The Soul's Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by... | |
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