Wherefore art thou, Bill?

Washington - Monica Lewinsky borrowed from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to send a disguised Valentine's Day message to President Clinton last year, the Washington Post said yesterday.

The Post confirmed it had published the ad and printed a copy of it in Tuesday's editions. The ad appeared as follows:

Handsome

With love's light wings did

I o'er perch these walls

For stony limits cannot hold love out,

And what love can do that dares love attempt;

- Romeo and Juliet 2:2 Happy Valentine's Day, M

Ms Lewinsky's lawyer said he had "no idea" of the authenticity of the notice. The White House did not comment.