 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...po^, long attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh : — l56 JOSHUA SYLVESTER. fLEcr. VH. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand!...thy warrant; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the church it... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pagina’s
...Sylvester was the author of the following impressive poem, long attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh : — Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand!...thy warrant; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the church it... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pagina’s
...extraordinary beauty — a beauty quite free from the conceits which deform too many of our finest old lyrics. Go, Soul, the body's guest, \ Upon a thankless errand...thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the Church it shows... | |
 | 1852 - 838 pagina’s
...best, and every subsequent verse seems to grow more loose and jejune as the composition proceeds. " Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand...thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. " Go tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the church it... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pagina’s
...the necessity of a brave testimony to truth, as the mission or " errand" of a good man's life. THE " Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand...thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. The Church. " Go, tell the court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell... | |
 | 1852 - 1170 pagina’s
...execution. The first stanza is (memoriter) — " Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errant ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant. Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie." It will be satisfactory to hear at the same time in what work they are to be found.... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pagina’s
...here to no man befall ; Who least, hath some ; who most, hath never all. SOUTHWELL. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand...thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood, Go, tell the church it... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pagina’s
...pieces, to which his name has been conjecturally affixed, among the anonymous poetry of that period. " Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand...thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. BEAUTIFUL POETBY. Go, tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 364 pagina’s
...Raleigh, on the night previous to his execution, may be familiar to the reader : they commence — " Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand,...thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the Court it glows And shines like soften wood ; Go, tell the Church it... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pagina’s
...vith thee and be thy love. The SouTt Errand. Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand 1 Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go, since I needs must die, And gire the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church... | |
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Go, soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand ! Fear not to touch the best, The truth shall be thy warrant Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. 
