Guy Wetmore Carryl

“ And really most offensive word
The trusting pieman shortly heard
To soothe his bitter plight:
“Perhaps I should have said before your wares are out of sight.”
The moral is a simple one,
But still of consequence. ”

“ He paused to choose between an apple dumpling and a tart.
Observing that upon his tray
His goods were growing few,
The pieman cried: “I beg to say
That patrons such as you
One does not meet in many a moon. ”