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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLADE OF THE PRIMITIVE JEST, by ANDREW LANG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am an ancient jest! Last Line: I am a merry jest! Subject(s): Jesters | |||
I AM an ancient Jest! Paleolithic man In his arboreal nest The sparks of fun would fan; My outline did he plan, And laughed like one possessed, 'Twas thus my course began, I am a merry Jest. I am an early Jest! Man delved and built and span; Then wandered South and West The peoples Aryan, I journeyed in their van; The Semites, too, confessed, -- From Beersheba to Dan, -- I am a Merry Jest. I am an ancient Jest, Through all the human clan, Red, black, white, free, oppressed, Hilarious I ran! I'm found in Lucian, In Poggio, and the rest, I'm dear to Moll and Nan! I am a Merry Jest! ENVOY: Prince, you may storm and ban -- Joe Millers are a pest, Suppress me if you can! I am a Merry Jest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLOWNS' DAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON ON THE DEATH OF THULENE THE KYNGE'S JESTER by JEAN PASSERAT THE JESTER CONDEMNED TO DEATH by HORACE SMITH YORICK'S SKULL by JOHN BANISTER TABB BALLADE OF BLUE CHINA by ANDREW LANG A SCOT TO JEANNE D'ARC by ANDREW LANG A VERY WOEFUL BALLADE OF THE ART CRITIC (TO E.A. ABBEY) by ANDREW LANG ALMAE MATRES (ST. ANDREWS, 1862; OXFORD, 1865) by ANDREW LANG |
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