where does alas poor yorick i knew him well come from
Yorick
Alas , poor Yorick ! I knew him , Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest , of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now , how abhorred in my imagination it is ! My gorge rises at it . Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft . Where be your gibes now ? Your gambols ? Your songs ? Your flashes of merriment , that were wont to set the table on a roar ? ( Hamlet , V.i )
Alas , poor Yorick ! I knew him , Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest , of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now , how abhorred in my imagination it is ! My gorge rises at it . Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft . Where be your gibes now ? Your gambols ? Your songs ? Your flashes of merriment , that were wont to set the table on a roar ? ( Hamlet , V.i )