When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat, As full of champagne as an egg's full of meat, He waked in the boat; and to Charon he said, He would be rowed back, for he was not yet dead. Trim the boat, and sit quiet, stern Charon replied; You may have forgot, you were drunk when you died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT by ROBERT BURNS NO COMING TO GOD WITHOUT CHRIST by ROBERT HERRICK THE HOUSEKEEPER by CHARLES LAMB A LONDON PLANE-TREE by AMY LEVY A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE |