 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...Their practice — only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their...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... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...Their practice — only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their...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... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...Their practice only hate ; And if they once reply, Then — give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending. Who, in their...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... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...good, and doth no good ; If Church and Court reply, Then give them both the lye. Tell Zeale 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 must give the lye. Tell Age it daily wasteth ; tell Honour how... | |
 | Roses - Gift books - 1867 - 172 pages
...; Their practice only hate. And if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their...Time it is but motion ; Tell Flesh it is but dust : And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell Age it daily wasteth ; Tell Honour how... | |
 | American essays - 1867 - 1052 pages
...Their practise only hate ; And if they once reply, Then give them all the lye. Tell them that brave it most. They beg for more by spending, Who in their...commending : And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell zcale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust ; Tell time, it is but motion ; Tell... | |
 | American essays - 1867 - 784 pages
...And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell zeale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it ¡3 but lust ; Tell time, it is but motion ; Tell flesh, it is but dust ; And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lye. Tell age, it daily wasteth ; Tell honour, how... | |
 | Ezra Pound, Marcella Spann - Literary Criticism - 1964 - 388 pages
...Their practice only hate: And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their...Seek nothing but commending: And if they make reply, Then tell them all they lie. Tell zeal it wants devotion; Tell love it is but lust; Tell time it metes... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - History - 1996 - 220 pages
...state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate; And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal, it lacks devotion; Tell love,...time, it is but motion; Tell flesh, it is but dust; And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie. Tell age, it daily wasteth; Tell honor, how it... | |
 | Michael Dirda - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 340 pages
...astonished by what I discovered. Sir Walter Raleigh's delicious cynicism, for instance: 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 must give the lie. The world, I guessed, hadn't altered that much... | |
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Their purpose is ambition, Their practice, only hate ; And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Spare... 
