Social Commentaries
Bibo and Charon
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
When Bibo thought fit from the world to retreat,
And full of champagne as an egg's full of meat,
He waked in the boat; and to Charon he said,
He would be row'd 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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