For Aubrey Beardsley's picture <br /> <br />Pierrot is dying: <br />Tiptoe in, <br />Finger touched to lip, <br />Harlequin, <br />Columbine and Clown. <br /> <br />Hugh! how still he lies <br />In his bed, <br />White slipped hand and white <br />Sunker head. <br />Oh, poor Pierrot. <br /> <br />There's his dressing gown <br />Across the chair, <br />Slippers in the floor. . . <br />Can he hear <br />Us who tiptoe in? <br /> <br />Pillowed high he lies <br />In his bed; <br />Listen Columbine. <br />'He is dead.' <br />Oh, poor Pierrot.<br /><br />Adelaide Crapsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pierrot-4/
