Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEMOCRITUS AND HERACLITUS, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: Democritus, dear droll, revisit earth Last Line: Hurt, can I laugh? And honest, need I cry? Subject(s): Democritus (460-370 B.c.); Heraclitus (540-480 B.c.); Philosophy & Philosophers | ||||||||
Democritus, dear droll, revisit Earth, And with our follies glut thy heightened mirth. Sad Heraclitus, serious wretch, return, In louder grief our greater crimes to mourn. Between you both I unconcerned stand by: Hurt, can I laugh? and honest, need I cry? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROMAN SKETCHBOOK: READING/RUSSELL SAYS, 'THERE IS NO RHINOCEROS IN by ROBERT CREELEY THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN (APHORISMS OF MR. CANON ASPIRIN) by NORMAN DUBIE THREE SONNETS by RICHARD WILBUR OLD ARISTIPPUS by ANSELM HOLLO PUT IN A QUAVER, HERE AND THERE by ANSELM HOLLO FIN-DE-SIECLE BLUES by CAROLYN KIZER I BROOD ABOUT SOME CONCEPTS, FOR EXAMPLE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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