The world is a vaporous jest at best,
Tossed off by the gods in laughter;
And a cruel attempt at wit were it.
If nothing better came after.


Poems of Passion (1883)

Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

The world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter; And a cruel attempt at wit were it. If nothing better came after.

The world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter; And a cruel attempt at wit were it. If nothing better came after.

The world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter; And a cruel attempt at wit were it. If nothing better came after.

The world is a vaporous jest at best, Tossed off by the gods in laughter; And a cruel attempt at wit were it. If nothing better came after.