When it’s so lucrative to cheat.

Bear not false witness; let the lie

Have time on its own wings to fly.

Thou shalt not covet, but tradition

Approves all forms of competition.

Arthur Hugh Clough.

FROM “A FABLE FOR CRITICS”

“THERE is Bryant, as quiet, as cool, and as dignified

As a smooth, silent iceberg, that never is ignified,

Save when by reflection ’tis kindled o’ nights,