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" Tell zeal it wants devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flesh it is but dust ; And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honour how it alters ; Tell beauty how she blasteth ;... "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 191
1834
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Drinking songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

1783 - 360 pages
...honour, how it alters; Tell Beauty, how me blafteth ; Tell favour, how it faulters : And, as they fhall reply, Give every one the lie. Tell wit, how much it wrangles In tickle points of nicenefs ; Tell Wifdom, fhe entangles Herfelf in over-wifenefs : And, when they do reply, Straight...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1

George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...Tell beauty how fhe blafteth, Tell favour how me falters. And as they fhall reply Give each of them the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of nicenefs; Tell wifdom fhe entangles Herfelf in over wifenefs. And if they do reply, Straight give them...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 2

English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters, Tell beauty how she blasteth, Tell favour how she falters. And as they shall reply Give every...of niceness : Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over wiseness. And when they do reply, Straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 1

George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters, Tell beauty how she blasteth, Tell favour how she falters. And as they shall reply Give every one the lie, Tell Wisdom she entangles Herself in over wiseness. And when they do reply, Straight give them both the...
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Selection of Poems ...

1808 - 496 pages
...Tell beauty how it blasteth, Tell favour how she falters : And as they shall reply, Give each of them the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles, In tickle...of niceness ; Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over wiseness : And if they do reply, Straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness,...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...Tell beauty how she blasteth, Tell favour how she falters. And as they shall reply Give each of them the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points...of niceness ; Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in over wiseness. And if they do reply. Straight give them both the lie. Tell physic of her boldness,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical ...

George Ellis - 1811 - 472 pages
...lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters, Tell beauty how she blasteth, Tell favour how she falters. And as they shall reply, Give every one the lie. Tell Wisdom she entangles Herself in over-wiseness. And when they do reply, Straight give them both the...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...Honour, how it alters ; Tell Beauty, that it blasteth ; Tell Favour, that she falters : And, as they do reply, Give every one the lie. Tell Wit, how much it wrangles In fickle points of niceness ; Tell Wisdom, she entangles Herself in over-wiseness : And if they do reply,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...Honour, how it alters ; Tell Beauty, that it blasteth ; Tell Favour, that she falters : And, as they do reply, Give every one the lie. Tell Wit, how much it wrangles In fickle points of niceness ; Tell Wisdom, she entangles Herself in over-wiseness : And if they do reply,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44

1838 - 884 pages
...Tell time, it is but motion, Tell flesh, it is but dust, And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. • • * " Tell wit, how much it wrangles...wisdom, she entangles Herself, in overwiseness. And if they do reply, Straight give them both the lie. " Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of...
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