 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...then- greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust,...flesh it is but dust; And wish them not reply, For tlniii must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters, Tell beauty how she... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...it lacks devotion; Tell love it is but lost; Tell time it is but motion; Ten flesh it is but dost: And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth; Tell honor how it alters. Tell beauty how she blasteth; Tell favor how she falters; And as they shall reply,... | |
 | Scotland - 1852 - 838 pages
...their greatest cost Lack nothing but commanding : And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. " Tell zeal it lacks devotion; Tell love it is but lust;...wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie." There must have been surely a great charm in this " giving the Lie,'* to have secured for verses such... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion; Tell love it is but inst; Tell time it is but motion; Tell flesh it is but dust...must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honor how it alters. Tell beauty how she blasteth; Tell favor how she falters ; And as they shall reply,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending : And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but...Tell flesh it is but dust : And wish them not reply, Tor thou must give the lie. Tell age it daily wastcth ; Tell honour how it alters ; Tell beauty how... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...cost Seek nothing but commending; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. 16 17 Tell zeale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust ; Tell...flesh, it is but dust; And wish them not reply, For thbu must give the lye. Tell age, it daily wasteth; Tell honour, how it alters; Tell beauty, how she... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. " Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, " Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters, Tell beauty how she blasteth, Tell favour how she... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 432 pages
...used as a verb neuter. It is so used in the poem ascribed to Raleigh, entitled 'The Farewell:'— " Tell age it daily wasteth; Tell honour how it alters; Tell beauty that it blasteth." Which of them both should underprop her fame : When virtue hragg'd, beauty -would... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...church it shows What's good, and doth no good : If Church ar.d Court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust,...wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell Fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay, Tell friendship of unkindness, Tell justice of delay... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell Love it is but...reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell Age it daily wastctli ; Tell Honor how it alters ; Tell Beauty that it bla.ster.Ii ; Tell Favor that she falters... | |
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Who in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply. Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it lacks 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... 
