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| They call me Truth |
"Tell zeal it wants 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 Tell age it daily wasteth; Tell honor how it alters; Tell beauty how she blasteth; Tell favor how it falters. And as they shall reply, Give everyone the lie. Tell wit how much it wrangles In tickle points of niceness; Tell wisdom she entangles Herself in overwiseness And when they do reply, Straight give them both the lie. ... So when thou hast, as I Commanded thee, done blabbing, Although to give the lie Deserve no less than stabbing. Stab at thee he that will No stab thy soul can kill." Sir Walter Ralegh "The Lie" |
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