The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
The Greek AnthologyPerplexity (Anonymous)
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Life more than ever gives us cause to mourn.
Democritus, dear droll, revisit earth;
Life more than ever gives us cause for mirth.
Between you both I stand in thoughtful pother,
How I should weep with one, how laugh with t’other.