The Face Upon The Floor

A later version was adapted from the titus poem by hugh antoine d arcy in 1887 and first published in the new york dispatch.

The face upon the floor. Butch whidden 9 10 2020 12 37 00 pm this is one of dad s favorite poems. Antoine d arcy ed begley favorite american poems 2011 master classics records released on. 22 95 paperback please retry 12 35.

He didn t speak it from memory but he did reference it often. In the poem he enters a bar and tells his story to the bartender and to the assembled crowd. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises the face upon the floor by h.

And as songs and witty stories came through the open door a vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor. Price new from used from hardcover please retry 22 95. Having lost his beloved madeline to another man he has turned to drink.

See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. He then offers to sketch madeline s face on the floor of the bar. I have been to the teller house bar in central city colo twice and saw the painting of the face both times.

The face upon the floor by hugh antoine d arcy twas a balmy summer evening and a goodly crowd was there which well nigh filled joe s barroom on the corner of the square. Written in ballad form it tells the story of an artist ruined by love. The face upon the barroom floor aka the face on the floor and the face on the barroom floor is a poem originally written by the poet john henry titus in 1872.

It is a site to see and. The face upon the floor.