The Face on the Barroom Floor (poem)
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"The Face on the Barroom Floor" is a poem written by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy in 1887. Written in ballad form, it tells the story of an artist ruined by love; having lost his beloved Madeline to another man, he has turned to drink. In the poem, he enters a bar and tells his story to the bartender and to the assembled crowd. He then offers to sketch Madeline's face on the floor of the bar, but falls dead in the middle of his work.
The poem was the inspiration for a painting in the Teller House Bar in Central City, Colorado, United States; this, in turn, inspired a chamber opera by Henry Mollicone.
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