Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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“LIE NOT AGAINST THE TRUTH,”
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“LIE NOT AGAINST THE TRUTH,”
AN EPIGRAM.
Must then the truth be always spoke,
And a poor lie be never told?
What may we not, to serve a joke,
To gain a cause, or save one's gold?
And a poor lie be never told?
What may we not, to serve a joke,
To gain a cause, or save one's gold?
“Why doubtless, if you chuse, you may;
There's nothing wrong but may be done:
But how 'twill stand another day,
I'd have your prudence think upon!”
There's nothing wrong but may be done:
But how 'twill stand another day,
I'd have your prudence think upon!”
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