(@3A duet by two who can't do it -- D-----and B-----@1) "Tabb's dead! and we who always keep The Rule of Silence when we @3sleep@1, Agreed, for his detested sake, To keep it sometimes when @3awake@1, So that his students all might see What lofty scorn of him had we." D. "Go now, and get your 'little ting,' And we shall both @3Te Deum@1 sing." B. "Te D@3e@1um!" D. "Hush! The chant you spoil And mispronounce the second @3voil@1. Tee D@3y@1um you should say, like me." B. "Now den, you don't know @3Fa@1 and @3Si@1." D. "Ah, B----- -----, keep your temper, do, Or Silence I shall keep with you. Look there! I'll take my solemn oath Tabb's body's grinning at us both." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CORAL GROVE by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO BONDAGE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THANKSGIVING DAY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE DEATH OF HAMPDEN by PAKENHAM THOMAS BEATTY VICTORIAN JOURNALISM by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB TO MY HONOURED FRIEND MR. DRAYTON; AFFIXED TO 'POLYOLBION' by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |