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Drinking-songs. Miscellaneous songs. Ancient ballads - Page 135
1819
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English sacred poetry, of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and ...

Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...needs must die, and give the world the lie. Bay to the Court, it glows and shines like rotten wood ; Say to the Church, it shows what's good, and doth...Potentates, they live acting by others' action ; Not loved, unless they give : not strong, but by a faction ; If Potentates reply, give Potentates the lie....
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Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ...

English poets - 1862 - 626 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...potentates they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie....
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The poets of the Elizabethan age, a selection of their most celebrated songs ...

Elizabethan age - 1862 - 150 pages
...die, And give the world the he. Go, tell the court it glows, And shines like rotten wood ; Go, tell the church it shows What's good, and doth no good...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie....
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English Sacred Poetry of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and ...

Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...needs must die, and give the world the lie. Say to the Court, it glows and shines like rotten wood ; Say to the Church, it shows what's good, and doth...Potentates, they live acting by others' action ; Not loved, unless they give : not strong, but by a faction ; If Potentates reply, give Potentates the lie....
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Early English Poems, Chaucer to Pope: Chiefly Unabridged; Illustrated with ...

English poetry - 1863 - 478 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...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give. Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie....
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Early English poems, Chaucer to Pope

English poems - 1863 - 364 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...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie....
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Favourite English Poems: Chaucer to Pope, 1350-1700

English poetry - 1863 - 362 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...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction : If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie....
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Half-hours with our sacred poets [an anthology] ed. by A.H. Grant

Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...needs must die, And give the world the lie. Say to the Court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the Church, it shows What's good, and doth...lie. Tell Potentates they live, Acting by others' actions ; Not loved, unless they give, Not strong but by their factions : If Potentates reply, Give...
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Select readings from the poets and prose writers of every country, ed. by J ...

James Fleming - 1863 - 404 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,...the lie. Tell potentates they live, Acting by others actions, Not lov'd, unless they give, Not strong but by their factions ; If potentates reply, Give...
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Flowers and Fruit Gathered by Loving Hands from Old English Gardens

Emily Taylor - English poetry - 1864 - 210 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...
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