For naked truth let others write
- DMI number:
- 5619
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- For naked truth let others write
- Last Line:
- Since all the world's for lying
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Octet aaabcccb and Song
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts and Corruption
- Author:
- Samuel Wesley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wesley (1685): 62-63 ('The Lyar', from 'Maggots').
- Title:
- Athenian sport: or two thousand paradoxes; with improvements from Boyle, Lock, Norris and other illustrious wits [T93435]
- Page No(s):
- pp.366-363[7]
- Poem Title:
- In Praise of a Lye.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Athenianism: or the new projects of Mr. John Dunton [T145151]
- Page No(s):
- pp.221-222
- Poem Title:
- Frolick XV. The Innocent Friend: Or, the Lyar in Mode and Figure.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dunton
- Attributed To:
- John Dunton
Poem Aliases
Wesley. Maggots.
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