Social Commentaries

The Huxter

by Edward Thomas 1878–1917

From Collected Poems (1920)

Social Commentaries

He has a hump like an ape on his back;
He has of money a plentiful lack;
And but for a gay coat of double his girth
There is not a plainer thing on the earth
This fine May morning.

But the huxter has a bottle of beer;
He drives a cart and his wife sits near
Who does not heed his lack or his hump;
And they laugh as down the lane they bump
This fine May morning.

MLA

Thomas, Edward. “The Huxter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/61/.

Chicago

Thomas, Edward. “The Huxter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/61/.

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