PEACHES.
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Peaches in the market stalls,
Peaches vended on the street
By the rogue who seldom hauls
Peaches good enough to eat.
Peaches vended on the street
By the rogue who seldom hauls
Peaches good enough to eat.
Dealers a bonanza reap
From the blushing favorites,
While their cry of "Peaches cheap!"
Gathers in the silver bits.
From the blushing favorites,
While their cry of "Peaches cheap!"
Gathers in the silver bits.
What delicious nectar pure
Velvet cuticles enclose!
Pampered taste of epicure
No more toothsome flavor knows.
Velvet cuticles enclose!
Pampered taste of epicure
No more toothsome flavor knows.
There are peaches tough as vice—
Acrid as a sharp retort!
Dear were they at half their price—
And, besides, of measure short.
Acrid as a sharp retort!
Dear were they at half their price—
And, besides, of measure short.
Who is wise would rather tramp
Weary miles than eat of these;
Colic, cholera, and cramp
Lurk beneath their indices.
Weary miles than eat of these;
Colic, cholera, and cramp
Lurk beneath their indices.
What are peaches minus cream,
Just enough to smother in?
Till the juicy quarters seem
Buried isles of coralline.
Just enough to smother in?
Till the juicy quarters seem
Buried isles of coralline.
