The worship of that prince o' the power o' the air

Who paints the cloud and fills the emptiness

And bids his votaries, famishing for truth,

Feed on a lie.

Alack, one lies one's self

Even in the stating that one's end was truth,

Truth only, if one states as much in words!

Give me the inner chamber of the soul

For obvious easy argument! 't is there

One pits the silent truth against a lie—