Social Commentaries
Epigram: Say what you will, Ingenious Youth (Another Version)
From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)
Social Commentaries
If the guilt of all lying consists in deceit,
Lie on--'tis your duty, sweet youth!
For believe me, then only we find you a cheat
When you cunningly tell us the truth.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
1800
Cite this poem
MLA
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: Say what you will, Ingenious Youth (Another Version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/297/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Epigram: Say what you will, Ingenious Youth (Another Version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/297/.
Read this poem with the Codex →