 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, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give,...  Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628 - الصفحة 218المحررون: - 1819عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 596
...the court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows The Soul's Errand. 141 What's good and doth no good : If church and court reply, Then give them both the tie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' actions, Not lov'd unless they give, Not strong but... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...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 : If church and court...lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action ; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 644
...lie. Go, tell the Court — it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the Church — it shows What's good, and doth no good. If Church and Court...lie. Tell potentates — they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 722
...world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows ; And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and doth no good : If church and court...lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates... | |
 | 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Say to the Church it shows What's good, and doth no good. 10 If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell Potentates they live Acting but others' actions ; Not loved unless they give, 15 Not strong but by their factions. If Potentates... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...the lie. Tell Potentates, they live Acting, but oh ! their actions Not loved, unless they give ; Nor strong, but by their factions. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. 82 SIR WALTER RALEIGH. CHAP. IV. Their purpose is ambition ; Their practice only hate. And if they... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 968
...lie. Go, tell the court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows What 's hty master smiled, to sec That love was in the next degree : T was but a kindred sound action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction. If potentates reply, Give potentates... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 582
...the lie. Go tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good, and doth no good: If Church and Court reply,...potentates they live Acting by others' actions, —— Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions: If potentates reply, ,, Give potentates the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 786
...the lie. Tell Potentates, they live Acting, but oh ! their actions Not loved, unless they give ; Nor strong, but by their factions. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. 1 " a higher «train of compliment cannot well be conceived than this, which raises your Idea even... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and doth no good : If church and court...potentates they live, Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions : If potentates reply, Give potentates the... | |
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