Guest foxglove4543 Posted August 31, 2002 Report Posted August 31, 2002 Antonio the merchant was a fool There was no doubt about that To his friends he was so sweet, so kind Not too thin, not too fat To help his lover, a spendthrift He agreed to a reasonable bond A few days later, he broke down When they parted at a pond Bassanio then wooed Portia And won her hand easily Shylock, meanwhile, locked Antonio up Plotting gleefully Husband and wife arrived from Belmont Bellario was with them Together they tried to bribe Shylock With money and with ham "Keep the ham!" roared Shylock "You know that I hate pork! You Christians are so disrespectful; I shall migrate to New York!" He grabbed the money, twenty thousand ducats And disappeared from Venice forever Everyone commented that Antonio was dumb And that Shylock was real clever.
Peredhil Posted October 23, 2003 Report Posted October 23, 2003 What a gem. I'm not sure how I missed this at the old site, as I like Shakespeare. Might want to try changing "about" to "of" - sounded better to my ear, but it's your work!
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