Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EPITAPH AFTER READING RONSARD'S LINES FROM RABELAIS, by JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE


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EPITAPH AFTER READING RONSARD'S LINES FROM RABELAIS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If fruits are fed on any beast
Last Line: Damned his soul to water springs.
Alternate Author Name(s): Synge, J. M.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Clergy; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops


If fruits are fed on any beast
Let vine-roots suck this parish priest,
For while he lived, no summer sun
Went up but he'd a bottle done,
And in the starlight beer and stout
Kept his waistcoat bulging out.
Then Death that changes happy things
Damned his soul to water springs.






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