(By an Impecunious Gourmet.)
[Oysters are very dear, and are likely, as the season advances, to be still higher in price.]
Oh, Oyster mine! Oh, Oyster mine!
You're still as exquisitely nice;
With perfect pearly tints you shine,
But you are such an awful price.
The lemon and the fresh cayenne,
Brown bread and butter and the stout
Are here, and just the same, but then