Epigram: Scarce Any Scandal, But Has A Handle

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Title:     Epigram: Scarce Any Scandal, But Has A Handle
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge [More Titles by Coleridge]

'_Obscuri sub luce maligna._'--VIRG.

Scarce any scandal, but has a handle;
In truth most falsehoods have their rise;
Truth first unlocks Pandora's box,
And out there fly a host of lies.
Malignant light, by cloudy night,
To precipices it decoys one!
One nectar-drop from Jove's own shop
Will flavour a whole cup of poison.

First published in _Morning Post_, Sept. 23, 1802.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem: Epigram: Scarce Any Scandal, But Has A Handle

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