As it is, I’ll report her the whole conversation.
It would have been longer, but, somehow or other
(In the midst of that misanthrope’s long lamentation),
A midge in my right eye became a young mother.
Since my friend is so clever, I’ll ask her to tell me
Why the least living thing (a mere midge in the egg)
Can make a man’s tears flow, as now it befell me.
Oh, you dear, clever woman, explain it, I beg!
Robert Bulwer Lytton.