Epigram: Charles, Grave Or Merry, At No Lie Would Stick

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Title:     Epigram: Charles, Grave Or Merry, At No Lie Would Stick
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge [More Titles by Coleridge]

Charles, grave or merry, at no lie would stick,
And taught at length his memory the same trick.
Believing thus what he so oft repeats,
He's brought the thing to such a pass, poor youth,
That now himself and no one else he cheats,
Save when unluckily he tells the truth.

First published in _Morning Post_, Sept. 23, 1802. Included in _P. R._
1802, ii. 317, and _The Friend_, No. 12, Nov. 9, 1809.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem: Epigram: Charles, Grave Or Merry, At No Lie Would Stick

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