On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart. (Hartley Coleridge)

On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart.

Hartley Coleridge

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