Time & Brevity
The Growth of Lies
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Time & Brevity
A burdock's dryest slenderest thread
Thro' a whole garden soon is spred,
And every shoot you tear away
Sends up a hundred day by day.
Such is a lie ; but lies are sown
With diligence, and, fully grown,
Each busy neighbour multiplies
By culture its varieties.
Cite this poem
MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “The Growth of Lies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/246/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “The Growth of Lies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/246/.
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