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TO A SANDWICHMAN, by                    
First Line: In languid, after-luncheon mood
Last Line: Betwixt thy wishbone and thy spine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A.
Subject(s): Food & Eating


IN languid, after-luncheon mood,
To-day I watched you in the throng.
My mild, appraising eye pursued
The crude incitements unto food
Upon the signs you bore along.

"Big Oyster Stews" and "Six Large
Raw"
And "Pepper-hash and Crackers Free"
Upon your swaying signs I saw,
And marveled that your drooping jaw
So lean and lantern-like should be.

Ah! brother, when the evening bell
Rings curfew to this toil of thine,
I hope one stew, warm, rich of smell
And grateful to the tongue, may dwell
Betwixt thy wishbone and thy spine!





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