THE GROCER.
“Currants and chocolate, apples as well,
The very things I would like to sell;
In spite of brother Ned’s facetiæ,
I’ll be a prosperous épicier.”[A]
FOOTNOTES:
[A] The exigencies of the language do not admit of a very good rhyme here.
“Currants and chocolate, apples as well,
The very things I would like to sell;
In spite of brother Ned’s facetiæ,
I’ll be a prosperous épicier.”[A]
[A] The exigencies of the language do not admit of a very good rhyme here.