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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads - Page 135
1819
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Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs ...

English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...the lye. Goe tell the court, it glowes And shines like rotten wood ; Goe tell the church it showes What's good, and doth no good : If church and court reply, Then give them hoth thé lye. 10 15 20 30 • Catalogue of T. Huwlinson, 1T27. f Catalogue of Sion culL Iihrary. Thit...
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A good match, The heiress of Drosberg, and The cathedral chorister

Henrietta Georgiana Chatterton (M. lady.) - 1840 - 1020 pages
...CHAPTER XIX. Go tell the court it glowes And shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the church it showes What's good, and doth no good : If church and court reply, Then give them both the lye. SIR WALTER RALEIGU. THE tranquil life of Bertha and of the other inmates of Persano had been interrupted...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and doth no good...lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates...
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Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the ...

Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows And shines like rotten wood, Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and doth no good...both the lie. Tell potentates, they live, Acting by other's actions, Not lov'd unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply,...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows What's goad, and doth no good : If church and court reply, Then...lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...die, And give the world tho lie. Oo, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell ur dame, To bait her eyes, which kept the leads above....gravel ground, with sleeves tied on the helm Of foami potentate*, they live Acting by others actions, Not lov'd unless they give. Not strong but by their...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell left, receive thou * I give it thee. Oh, if thou...heart, Let the gift change thy mind, and save thy so lire Acting by others actions, Not loy'd unless they gire, Not strong but by their faction!. If potentates...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...die, And give the world the lie. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell ! actions, Not lov'd unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Gire potentates...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...the lie. Go tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good, and doth no good: If Church and Court reply,...the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions: If potentates reply, Give potentates...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and dotb no good : If church and court reply, Then give them...lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' actions, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions. If potentates reply, Give potentates...
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