Social Commentaries
The Oyster
From The Laughing Willow (1918)
Social Commentaries
In Autumn, when the leaves are dead,
They take us from our Oyster-bed,
And all the winter long they keep
Us up, without a wink of sleep—
And doesn’t it seem hard to you
When Spring is here, and skies are blue,
And we should like so much to stay,
We have to be in bed by MAY?
Cite this poem
MLA
Herford, Oliver. “The Oyster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/177/.
Chicago
Herford, Oliver. “The Oyster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herford/177/.
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