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FROM POETRY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .
FALSE SHOWS . BY Sill WALTER RALEIOH . Go , soul , the body ' s guest , Upon a thankless errant
, Pear not to touch the best , The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go , since I needs must dye , And give them all the lye . Go , tell the court it gloives ,
And shines like painted wood ; Go , tell the church it shoives What's good , and does no good . If court and church replye , Give court and church the lye . Tell potentates they live
Acting—but oh , their . actions . ' Not loved unless they give ; Not strong but by their factions . If potentates replye , Give potentates tlie l ye . Tell men of hi gh condition ,
That rule affairs of state , Their purpose is ambition , Their practice onl y hate . And if they do replye , Then giA'e them all the lye . Tell those that brave it moste ,
They begge the more by spending ; Who in their greatest coste , Seek nothing but commeiidinge . And if they make replye , Spare not to give the lye . Tell zeal it lacks devotion
; Tell love it is but luste ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it is but duste . And Avisli them not replye , ,
For thou must giA'e the lye ,
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FROM POETRY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY .
FALSE SHOWS . BY Sill WALTER RALEIOH . Go , soul , the body ' s guest , Upon a thankless errant
, Pear not to touch the best , The truth shall be thy warrant ; Go , since I needs must dye , And give them all the lye . Go , tell the court it gloives ,
And shines like painted wood ; Go , tell the church it shoives What's good , and does no good . If court and church replye , Give court and church the lye . Tell potentates they live
Acting—but oh , their . actions . ' Not loved unless they give ; Not strong but by their factions . If potentates replye , Give potentates tlie l ye . Tell men of hi gh condition ,
That rule affairs of state , Their purpose is ambition , Their practice onl y hate . And if they do replye , Then giA'e them all the lye . Tell those that brave it moste ,
They begge the more by spending ; Who in their greatest coste , Seek nothing but commeiidinge . And if they make replye , Spare not to give the lye . Tell zeal it lacks devotion
; Tell love it is but luste ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it is but duste . And Avisli them not replye , ,
For thou must giA'e the lye ,