 | Charles R. Bambach - 1995 - 316 pages
...the good: Say to the Court it glowes, and shines like rotten wood, Say to the Church it showes whats good, and doth no good. If Church and Court reply, then give them both the lie. (7-12) He also aims here at two traditional sources of corruption, the 19 Sir Walter Ralegh, "The Lie,"... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1996 - 220 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 loved unless they give, Not strong but by their factions: If potentates reply, Give potentates... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 pages
...poem in which it occurs, and given it a thematic purpose, as witness Ralegh's bitter envoi, "The Lie": What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. 89 Such sober iterativeness seems in turn to have influenced Herbert's "Quip," as in the following... | |
 | Marc Aronson - 2000 - 248 pages
...light on the world, and shows its true colors: Say to the Court it glows and shines like rotten wood, Say to the Church it shows what's good, and doth no...Church and Court reply, then give them both the lie. . . . When the truth-telling spirit reaches the highest rulers, it reveals that they are loved solely... | |
 | Lee Miller - 2001 - 406 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 no...Court reply, then give them both the lie. . . . Tell men of high condition, that manage the estate Their purpose is ambition, their practice only hate:... | |
 | John Carrington - 2003 - 344 pages
...unsentimental, as in these two verses from 'The Lie': Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good and doth no...potentates, they live Acting by others' action, Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by affection. If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.... | |
 | Helen Ostovich, Elizabeth Sauer, Melissa Smith - 2004 - 548 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 no good: It church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others'... | |
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Say to the court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Say to the church it shows What's good, and doth no good: If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. "Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give,... 
