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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 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... "
The Philomathic journal - Page 398
by Philomathic institution - 1824
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 2

English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...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...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...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 1

George Ellis - 1803 - 468 pages
...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...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...
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Selection of Poems ...

1808 - 496 pages
...commending: And if they make reply, . • Spare not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust ; Tell ti.me it is .but motion, Tell...daily wasteth, Tell honour how it alters ; Tell beauty how it blasteth, Tell favour how she falters : And as they shall reply, Give each of them the lie....
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. Tell zeal it lacks devotion. Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flesh it is but dost. And wish them not reply* For than must give the lie. Tell age it daily wasteth, Tell honour how...
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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads

1819 - 394 pages
...commending : And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal, it wants devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust ; Tell time, it ' is' but motion :...age, it daily wasteth ; Tell honour, how it alters j Tell beauty, how she blasteth ; Tell favour, how it falters ; And, as they shall reply, Give every...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...commending : And, if they make reply, Spare not to give 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 : usually stated to have been written by Ralegh the night before his execution : it had appeared, however,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...commending : And, if they make reply, Spare not to give 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 : usually stated to have been written by Ralegh the night before his execution : it had appeared, however,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44

1838 - 884 pages
...and court reply, Then give them both the lie. • « • " Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love, it is but lust, Tell time, it is but motion, Tell...reply, For thou must give the lie. • • * " Tell wit, how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness ; Tell wisdom, she entangles Herself, in overwiseness....
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Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 432 pages
...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 thoa must give the lie. Tell Age it daily wasteth, Tell Honour how it alters, Tell Beauty how she blasteth,...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...is but motion, Tell Flesh it is but dust; And wish them not reply, For them must give the lie. , t 1 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...
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