[Pantaloon, Clown, Harlequin, and Columbine are the characters of an old sixteenth-century drama, acted in dumb-show. "Pantaleone" is a Venetian type; Columbine means a "little dove.">[
While Fairyland and Fairy tales
'Neath flaunting pageants fall,
And over Pantomime prevails
The Muse of Music Hall.
Still echoes, wafted through the din,
A lilt of one old tune—
Of Columbine and Harlequin,
Of Clown and Pantaloon.
Their faded frolics, tarnished show