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 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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