posted on 2024-04-25, 17:29authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr"> He has a hump like an ape on his back;<br> He has of money a plentiful lack;<br> And but for a gay coat of double his girth<br> There is not a plainer thing on the earth<br> This fine May morning.<br> But the huxter has a bottle of beer;<br> He drives a cart and his wife sits near<br> Who does not heed his lack or his hump;<br> And they laugh as down the lane they bump<br> This fine May morning.<br></p>