Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


TO C. DICKENS, ESQ. ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: PSHAW, AWAY WITH LEAF AND BERRY
Last Line: AS THE BEST AMONG HIS WORKS.
Subject(s): DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870); FAREWELL; SEA VOYAGES; PARTING;

PSHAW, away with leaf and berry,
And the sober-sided cup!
Bring a goblet, and bright sherry,
And a bumper fill me up!
Though a pledge I had to shiver,
And the longest ever was!
Ere his vessel leaves our river,
I would drink a health to Boz:
Here's success to all his antics,
Since it pleases him to roam,
And to paddle o'er Atlantics,
After such a @3sale@1 at home!
May he shun all rocks whatever!
And each shallow sand that lurks,
And his passage be as clever
As the best among his works.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net