Robert Burton had prefaced his Anatomy of Melancholy, published in 1621, with a series of not unpleasing, though by no means graceful, Amoebean stanzas, in which two speakers alternately represent Melancholy, one as sweet and divine, and the other as harsh, sour, and damned.
"Minor Poems by Milton"
John Milton
To this the Poles made answer that the massing of so many soldiers on the Rumanian frontier might reasonably be objected to by the Rumanians-and so the Amoebean word-game went on in the subcommission.
"The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference"
Emile Joseph Dillon
