Social Commentaries
On Lying
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Social Commentaries
Poets and Painters by authoritie
As wel as Travellers we say may lie:
Peripateticks lie, few know 'tis so;
Painters for lying have some colour too;
But Bolder Poets when they falsifie,
They do't as neatly, they in Print do lie.
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Heath, Robert. “On Lying.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/190/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Lying.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/190/.
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