Ice-Cream by Carolyn Wells — Read

To Bob and Sue, who have ice-cream, / Life is a glowing, halcyon dream, / While Tom stands empty by; / And says, "Gee! fellers, ain't it prime? / Say, I had ice-cream too, one time, / And it was great! Oh, my!"

Ah, beaux and belles at rout or ball, / Does ice-cream on your palate pall? / Is it to you no treat? / You never ate it from the can, / Come, patronize the Ice-Cream Man, / Come down to Mulberry Street!