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" Tell zeal it lacks 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. "
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ... - Page 309
by Thomas Percy - 1794
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The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh: Kt. Political, Commercial, and ..., Volume 2

Sir Walter Raleigh - British Guiana - 1751 - 418 pages
...appears to have been written fomejhort Time before his Death. V. Tell V. Tell thofe that brave it moft, They beg for more by fpending ; Who in their greateft...commending. And if they make reply Spare not to give the lie. VI. Tell Zeal it lacks Devotion ; Tell Love it is_but Luft_; jV T Tell Time it is^butTVIotion;...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1

George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...praftice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it moft, They beg for more by fpending, Who in their greateft...commending. And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but luft, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flefh...
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Selection of Poems ...

Poetry - 1808 - 496 pages
...all the lie. TeH 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 not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust ; Tell ti.me it is .but motion, Tell flesh...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...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 not to give the lie. SIR WALTER RALEIGH. Tell zeal it lacks devotion. Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...the lie. Tell those that have it most, They beg for more by spending; Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending : And, if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal, it lacks devotion : Tell Love, it is but lust : Tell Time, it is but motion ; Tell...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...the lie. Tell those that have it most, They beg for more by spending; Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending : And, if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal, it lacks devotion : Tell Love, it is but lust : Tell Time, it is but motion ; Tell...
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The Philomathic journal, Volume 1

Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...all the lie. "Tell those 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 not to give the lie. "'1V11 Zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell Lore it is but lust; Tell Time it is but motion; Tell Flesh...
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal, Volume 1

Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 404 pages
...all the !ye. Tell them that brave it most, They bc» for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell age, it daily wasteth ; Tell honor, how it alters ; Tell beauty, how she blasteth ; Tell favor,...
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The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing ..., Volume 1

William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing hut commending ; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell age, it daily wastelh ; Tell honor, how it alters ; Tell beauty, how she blasteth ; Tell favor,...
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The works of sir Walter Ralegh. To which are prefixed the lives of ..., Volume 8

sir Walter Ralegh - 1829 - 806 pages
...all the lie. Tell those 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 not to give the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh...
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