 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...hope will be the best. THE SOULS ERRAND. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant;...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,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...conscience clear. The Soul's Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant...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 Snart - 1808 - 496 pages
...Universal Magazine. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Ciro, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 pages
...WALTER RALEIGH. THE SOUL's ERRAND. /~t O, soul, the body's guest, ^-* Upon a thankless errand, Fear not to touch the best. The truth shall be thy warrant...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...thee and be thy love. THE SOUL's ERRAND. GO, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand, Tear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant...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,... | |
 | 1819 - 394 pages
...soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errant ; — * In the comedy of ' As You like It.' Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant...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. If church and court reply,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...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, The truth shall be thy warrant...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... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...sober walk of history. THE FAREWELL. "Go,Soul, the Body's guest, Upon ;i thankless errand ; Fear not to .touch the best; The truth shall be 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... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...action. '' Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best, The (ruth shall be thy warrant: Go, 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... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...Go, soul, the hody's guest, Upon a thankless errand! Fear not to touch the hest, The truth shall he thy warrant ; Go, 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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Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. 
