 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...Acting, but oh ! their actions 15 Not loved, unless they give ; Nor strong, but by their factions. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, 20 That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition ; Their practice only hate. And if they do... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - 322 páginas
...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 doth...potentates, they live Acting by others' action ; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...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, and doth no good...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 páginas
...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, and doth no good....potentates — they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie.... | |
 | 1870 - 462 páginas
...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 páginas
...live Acting, but oh 1 their actions Not loved, unless they give ; Nor strong, but by their factions. If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition ; Their practice only hate. And if they do reply,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...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 loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 páginas
...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,...the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' actions, —— Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions: If potentates reply,... | |
 | 1872 - 710 páginas
...live Acting, but oh ! their actions Not lov'd unless they give — Not strong, but by their factions : e His wrath rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate ; And if they do reply,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 páginas
...lie. Say to the Court — it glows 3 1 ~8 H Ed K 03 O H 3 E < And shines like rotten wood ; M z K E a. Say to the Church — it shows What's good, and doth no good : K M H If Court and Church reply, X H X Then give them both the lie. J -J « X H Z 0 Tell Potentates... | |
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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,... 
