The Jack and the Jolick and the Jamborie, They climbed up into the banyan tree. They climbed to the top, But they had to stop, For no more foothold could they see. The Jack and the Jolick and the Jamborie To climb still farther did all agree, So the Jack stood up on the topmost limb, And then the Jolick climbed over him. Over the two went the Jamborie, -- He climbed up quickly the world to see. And then the Jack from the topmost limb, With grin and chuckle, climbed after him. To the top climbed he, The world to see, And there in the air swung all the three. The Jolick gleefully followed the Jack, And quickly reached the topmost back. And then again went the Jamborie Up to the top, the world to see. On they are going, and on and on; They'll reach the stars before they are done! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVER IN HELL by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET SPRING NOTES FROM ROBIN HILL by HAYDEN CARRUTH ON THE INFLATION OF THE CURRENCY, 1919 by ROBERT FROST I LOOKED FOR LIFE AND DID A SHADOW SEE by JAMES GALVIN SPEAKING TERMS by JAMES GALVIN TUNICA PALLIO PROPRIOR by MARIANNE MOORE |