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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YORICK'S SKULL, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Poor jester! Still upon the stage Last Line: Sans brains or tongue. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Jesters | |||
POOR jester! still upon the stage, Chap-fallen flung, Where merry clowns from age to age Thy dirge have sung; Yet more than Eloquence may reach, Thought-heights among: 'T is thine, humanity to teach, Sans brains or tongue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLOWNS' DAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON BALLADE OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST by ANDREW LANG ON THE DEATH OF THULENE THE KYNGE'S JESTER by JEAN PASSERAT THE JESTER CONDEMNED TO DEATH by HORACE SMITH ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB AT BETHLEHEM: 1. THE CHILD by JOHN BANISTER TABB AT BETHLEHEM: 3. TO HIS MOTHER by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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