Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR ANCIENT RUIN, by CRUPPER D. [PSEUD.] First Line: The new-chum leaned against the bar Last Line: We've got one ancient ruin here Alternate Author Name(s): Crupper D. Subject(s): Old Age | ||||||||
THE new-chum leaned against the bar And tapped his boot and tipped his beer, Then, looking round, remarked: "Erar One thing you chaps don't have out here! "You've churches, chapels, pubs and halls Ererand such and so-and-so; But you've no ivied abbey-walls, No ancient ruins, don-cher-know!" Then Jack the Shearer left the bar (It might have been to dodge his shout!) They filled 'em up with Dick's three-star, And scarcely noticed him go out. He came back, lugging by the hair Old Ned the Cook, all rags and beer "Erer!" the joker said. "Erair "We've got one ancient ruin here!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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