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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BIBO AND CHARON, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: When bibo thought fit from the world to retreat
Last Line: You may have forgot, you were drunk when you died.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Charon; Styx (river)
First Line: When bibo thought fit from the world to retreat
Last Line: You may have forgot, you were drunk when you died.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Charon; Styx (river)
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.
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