I journeyed in their van;
The Semites, too, confessed, -
From Beersheba to Dan, -
I am a Merry Jest!

I am an ancient Jest,
Through all the human clan,
Red, black, white, free, oppressed,
Hilarious I ran!
I'm found in Lucian,
In Poggio, and the rest,
I'm dear to Moll and Nan!
I am a Merry Jest!

ENVOY

Prince, you may storm and ban -
Joe Millers ARE a pest,
Suppress me if you can!
I am a Merry Jest!



CAMEOS--SONNETS FROM THE ANTIQUE



These versions from classical passages are pretty close to the
original, except where compression was needed, as in the sonnets
from Pausanias and Apuleius, or where, as in the case of fragments