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who wrote oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive lyrics?
Walter Scott wrote the words oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive “
where did the lyrics Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! come from?
Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field is a historical romance in verse of 16th-century Britain by Walter Scott, published in 1808.
when was Marmion by Walter Scott written?
Written. 1806-1808.
did shakespeare write the lyrics Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! earlier?
The words were derived from Canto VI, stanza XVII, although it is often erroneously attributed to Shakespeare.

Question: what is the meaning?
Self-contained rewrite: what is the meaning of Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!?