Marcel Marceau Poem by Francis Duggan

Like we all will one day he ran out of time
Farewell to Marcel Marceau the king of mime
The marvellous Frenchman in a class of his own
He and Charlie Chaplin the greatest mime men ever known,
Marcel Marceau at heart always a boy
To so many Worldwide he brought laughter and joy
The mantle of greatness he surely did don
The king is dead but his legend is living on,
Since Chaplin's time the greatest mime man of them all
He left us with great memories of him to recall
Marcel Marceau he is at rest forever in the nineteen fifties he was in his prime
A man of peace for many years he was the king of mime
He died in his eighty fourth year his better years long gone
He was a legend of mime and a great man the king is dead but his legend lives on.