 What well-advised ear regards What earth can say ? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay : Thy cunning can but pack the cards, Thou canst not play : Thy game at weakest, still thou vy'st ; If seen, and then revy'd, deny'st : Thou art not...  Emblems, Divine and Moral - Page 107by Francis Quarles - 1839 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Mitford - English poetry - 1827 - 358 pages
...give where thou dcny'st. Alas ! fond world, thou boast'st ; false world, thou ly'st. What well advised ear regards What earth can say ? Thy words are gold,...thou seem'st; false world, thou ly'st. Thy tinsel bosome seems a mint Of new-coin'd treasure, A paradise that has no stint, No change no measure ; A... | |
 | John Mitford - English poetry - 1827 - 360 pages
...give where thou deny'st. Alas ! fond world, thou boast'st ; false world, thou ly'st. What well advised ear regards What earth can say ? Thy words are gold,...cards, Thou canst not play : Thy game at weakest, still thou.vy'st If seen and then revy'd, deny'st Thou art not what thou seem'st; false world, thou ly'st.... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...regards What earth can say ? Thy words arc gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay : Thy cunning can hut pack the cards, Thou canst not play : Thy game at weakest, still thou viest; If seen, and then revied, deniest; Thou art not what thou seem'st ; false world, thou liest.... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 478 pages
...There's none ran give where thou deniest. Alas I fond world, thou boast'st; felse world, thou licit 1 j What well-advised ear regards ' | What earth can say...Thou canst not play. Thy game at weakest, still thou viest If seen, and then revy'd, deniest — Thou art not what tbou secm'st ; false world, thou licit.... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...supply'st: There 's none can give where thy deny'st. Alas! fond world, thou boasts; false world, thou ly'st. What well-advised ear regards What earth can say ?...world, thou ly'st. Thy tinsel bosom seems a mint, Of new-coin 'd treasure ; A paradise, that has no stint, No change, no measure ; A painted cask, but nothing... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1839 - 388 pages
...There's none can give where thou deniest. Alas ! fond world, thou boast'st ; false world, thou liest. What well-advised ear regards What earth can say ?...Thou canst not play. Thy game at weakest, still thou viest If seen, and then revy'd, deniest — Thou art not what thou seem'st ; false world, thou liest.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...There's none can give where thou deny'st. Alas ! fond world, thou boasts ; false world, thou ly'st. tender infant : Be a kind mother to him when I am gone : I.RAMATISTS. THOMAS OTWAY. B Arc painted clay : Thy cunning can but pack the cards, Thou canst not play : Thy game at weakest, still... | |
 | Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...give where thou deniest, Alas! fond world, thou boasts — false world, thou liest. What well-adviséd ear regards What earth can say ? Thy words are gold,...but pack the cards, Thou canst not play. Thy game at market still thou aye'st; If seen, and then revyed deniest : Thou art not what thou seem'st, false... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...thou ly'st. What well-advised ear regards What earth can sayl Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Arc and estrang'd in part, The wolf begins to share her...wandering heart : Though unpolluted yet with actu dcny'st : Thou art not what thou seem'st ; false world, thou ly'st. Thy tinsel bosom seems a mint Of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...fond world, thou boasts ; false world, thou ly'st. What well-advieed ear regards What earth can say t , I am as I am, and !o will I die. I do not rejoice, nor yet complain, Both mirth a carde, Thou canst not play : Thy game at weakest, still thou vy'»t ; If «een, and then revy'd, deny'st... | |
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