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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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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1876 - 630 pages
...the lye. Tell them that bravo it most, 25 They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply,...Tell zeale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust ; Tell time, it is but motion ; Tell nosh, it is but dust ; And wish them not reply, 35 For thou...
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Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 2

English poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
...the lye. Tell them that brave it most, 25 They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply,...Tell zeale 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, 35 For thou...
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Three centuries of English poetry: selections from Chaucer to Herrick, with ...

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 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. Tell Zeal, it lacks devotion, Tell Love, it is but lust, Tell Time, it is but motion, Tell Flesh,...
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Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 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. Tell Zeal, it lacks devotion, Tell Love, it is but lust, Tell Time, it is but motion, Tell Flesh,...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
...all the lye. 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 lye. Tell zeale it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it...
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Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy

English poetry - 1880 - 486 pages
...all the lye. 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 lye. Tell zeale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust ; Tell time, it is but motion ; Tell flesh,...
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Poetry for Home and School

Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1881 - 348 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. Tell zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: And Selections from My Favourite Poets and ...

Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1883 - 544 pages
...all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, They bee for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending : And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Pell zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, Etc

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1887 - 456 pages
...all the lye. 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 lye. Tell zeale, it lacks devotion ; Tell love, it is but lust; Tell time, it is but motion; Tell flesh,...
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Famous Single and Fugitive Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 394 pages
...all the lye. Tell them that brave it most They beg for more by spending, Who u?. their greatest cost Seek nothing but commending ; And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lye. Tell zeale it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust; Tell time it is but motion; Tell flesh it...
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