On winter Sundays
At half-past three,
When we're just beginning
To dream of tea,
There comes the sound
That we know so well——
The welcome sound
Of a distant bell.
Sweeter than harp,
Braver than trumpet
It sings of muffin,
It shouts of crumpet
Till two of us simply
Have to tear
Out of the house
And up the Square,
Yelling as loud
As we possibly can
To catch the vanishing
Maffin Man.
Then on he goes
With his magic tray
Poised in a most
Precarious way
Flat on the top
Of his square grey head.
（It's practice does it ——
Or so he said.）
This poem I have found in number 4744 of Punch, which is a famous humorous and satirical weekly published in London. The weekly was established in 1841, and therefore has now prodouced nearly five thousand numbers. (查看原文)
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0 有用 Wanderer12 2019-11-11 16:39:44
值得精读
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