Or can't do otherwise than lie—but do it
So well, the very Truth seems falsehood to it.
XXXVII.
And, after all, what is a lie? 'T is but
The truth in masquerade; and I defy[KR]
Historians—heroes—lawyers—priests, to put
A fact without some leaven of a lie.
The very shadow of true Truth would shut
Up annals—revelations—poesy,
And prophecy—except it should be dated