 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 - Page 1911834Full view - About this book
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 pages
...doth think must needs die well. 1 A coin. THE FAREWELL. 2 Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thanktess errand ; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall...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 it... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...SHAKESPERE, Kmg John, act Ш. sc. 1 Soul. — 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. — The Lit. %* This poem is traced in manuscript to the year 1593. It first appeared in print in Davison's... | |
 | Charles Force Deems - 1878 - 802 pages
...direction of truth. THE LIE) OK, THE SOUL'S EHHAND. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant; Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Oo. since I needs must die, And give the world the lie, Say to the Court, it glows, And shines like... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 582 pages
...There had been at least ere this A dozen dozen in her place. SIB JOHN SUCKLING. THE SOUL'S ERKAND. 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 shows... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...To live with thee and be thy love. THE LIE. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant l : 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,... | |
 | Ezra Pound, Marcella Spann - 1964 - 388 pages
...dust, The Lord shall raise me up, I trust. THE LIE 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. Say to the Court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the Church, it shows Tell Potentates... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 268 pages
...which must be the product of deliberate control: Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant. Fear not to touch the best; "* The truth shall be...since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. . . . This is the first stanza of a thirteen-stanza poem, "The Lie," in which every stanza except the... | |
 | 460 pages
...ways, Shuts up the story of our days. THE LIE Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless arrant: Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since 1 needs must die, And give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood;... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...reason. (1. 1—6) BoLoP; E1L, NAEL-1; OBSC; SiPS 6 Go, Soul, the body's guest. Upon a thankless arrant: . (1. 1—6) AAS; ChTr; CTC; EBEV; FaBoPV; HAP; InvP; LiTB; NAEL-1; NOBE; NoP; OBSC; OPOP; PoEL-2; QFR;... | |
 | Russell Kirk - 1993 - 136 pages
...epoch. Here are four stanzas of the poem's thirteen. 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. Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and... | |
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