On this hapless earth
There's small sincerity of mirth
And laughter oft is but an art
To drown the outcry of the heart.
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Hartley Coleridge, possibly David Hartley Coleridge, was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor 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.
