TRUTHFULNESS.

Ne'er seek, by artful guise of words, to taint

The truth with falsehood's hue. Poor, trembling Truth!

Trust in her would be boundless, if our tongues

Uttered the coin as fashioned in the heart.

And then poor Heart would have no need to send

Her champion blushes to the cheeks to tell

The world how basely she had been traduced.

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