 | Ballads, English - 1783 - 360 pages
...Tell Fortune of her blindnefs ; Tell nature of decay ; Tell friend fhip of unkindnefs; Tell juftice of delay : And, if they will reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell arts, they have no foundnefs, But vary by efteeming; Tell fchools, they want profoundnefs, And ftand on too much feeming... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...want profoundnefs, And fland too much on feeming. If arts and fchools reply, Give arts and fchools the lie. Tell faith it's fled the city, Tell how the country erreth, Tell manhood fhakes off pity, Tell virtue leaft preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare not to give the lie. So... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...Tell charity of coldness, Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay,...schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie. Tell, manhood shakes off pity, Tell, virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare not to give the... | |
 | 1844 - 574 pages
...have successfully diffused scientific truth. His tone is — ' Tell arts they have no sonndness, And vary by esteeming; Tell schools they want profoundness, And stand too much on seeming ; If art* and schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie!' The Zollvcreinsblatt, conducted by him, has... | |
 | History - 1805 - 556 pages
...charety of coldness ; Tell law it is contention. And if they yield replye, Then give them still the lye. Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay;...of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay. And if they do replye, Then give them all the lye. Tell arts they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 496 pages
...charity of coldness, . . Tell law it is contention : And as they yield reply, So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay...of unkindness, Tell justice of delay : And if they dare reply, Then give them still the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, ' . But vary by esteeming... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...charity of coldness, Tell law it is contention. And as they yield reply, So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay,...of unkindness, Tell justice of delay. And if they dare reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming, Tell... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 482 pages
...Tell charity of coldness, Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay,...Tell how the country erreth, Tell, manhood shakes oil' pity, Tell, virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare not to give the lie. So when... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...Tell charity of coldness, Tell law it is contention. And as they do reply, So give them still the lie. Tell fortune of her blindness, Tell nature of decay,...schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie. Tell, manhood shakes off pity, Tell, virtue least preferreth. And if they do reply, Spare not to give the... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...the lie. Tell physic of her boldness ; Tell skill, it is ' pretension ; ' Tell charity of coldness ; Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay...; Tell schools, they want profoundness, And stand on too much seeming ; If arts and schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith, it's fled... | |
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Tell fortune of her blindness ; Tell nature of decay; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay: And if they will reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell schools they want profoundness,... 
