 Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou fall'st...  Eighth Reader - Page 426by Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1918 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the...take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 't is the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. 0 Cromwell,... | |
 | Selina Bunbury - 1844 - 196 pages
...description as well as beauty of expression, Shakspeare's portrait of Wolsey cannot be surpassed. " Prithee lead me in : There, take an inventory of all...half the zeal I served my King, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies." If Anne Boleyn believed herself to be wronged by the unfortunate... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...truth's; then if thou fall'st, 0 Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king ; And, pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have,...And my integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call my own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...lead me in There, take an inventory of all I have ; To the last penny, 'tis the king's. My robe, An I my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine...Cromwell! Had I but served my God with half the zeal Have left me naked to mine enemies. I served my king, he would not in mine age CARDINAL WOLSEY'S DEATH.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! Serve the king, And — Pr'ythee, lead me in : There, take an inventory of all I have,...half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies ! WOLSEY'S DEATH.2 AT last, with easy roads,3 he came to Leicester,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! Serve the king; And, Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have,...And my integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call my own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...Thy Go'd's, and Truth's ; the'n/ if thou fall'est, (O Cro'mwell !) Thou fallest a bl'essed nrartyr ! Serve the Ki'ng And pri'thee, lead me in' There take...inVentory of all I ha've, (To the last pe'nny, 'tis the KTng's.) My rob'e, And my in'tegrity to H'eaven, are all' I dare no'w/ call my o"wn. O Cro'mwell, Cro"mwell,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then, if thou fall'st, oh, Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the...integrity to Heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. Oh, Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...country's, Thy God's and truth's : then, if thou fall'st, 0 Cromwell, thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! — Lead me in ; There take an inventory of all I have....king's : my robe, And my integrity to Heaven, is all 1 dare now call mine own. — O Cromwell, Cromwell ! Had I but served my God, with half the zeal Wol.... | |
 | 1882 - 430 pages
...Shakespeare put into his mouth. They are probably very like what he said on reviewing his life : ' O ! Cromwell, Cromwell ! had I but served my God with...half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age have left me naked to mine enemies.' The Thames once more ! not sparkling in the sunshine, as when... | |
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