 the night before his execution. The first stanza is (memoriter)— " Go, soul, the 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. And give the world the lie." It will be...  Notes and Queries - Stran 3581852Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 468 strani
...content, a 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...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,... | |
 | 1808 - 496 strani
...mind ! 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...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 strani
...• SIR WALTER RALEIGH. THE SOUL's ERRAND. /~tO, soul, the body's guest, ^-* Upon a thankless errand, 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,... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 470 strani
...clear. JOSHUA SYLVESTER. 333 The SouFs Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, , Upon a thankless errand! 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,... | |
 | Poetical rhapsody - 1816 - 148 strani
...tell? POEMS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY THE LIE. O, Soul, the Body's-guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy...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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 strani
...access of that celestial thief. THE lAREWELL.f Go Soul, the Body's guest, Upon a thankless errand: Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant. * The letter, by way of argument to explain Spenser's Poem, is addressed 'To the Right Noble and Valorous... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 strani
...access of that celestial thief. THE *AREWELL.f Go Soul, the Body's guest, Upon a thankless errand: Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant. * The letter, by way of argument to explain Spenser's Poem, is addressed «To the Right Noble and Valorous'... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 strani
...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...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 - 1819 - 432 strani
...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, 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 shews What's good... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 strani
...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... | |
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