The Wonderful "One-Hoss-Shay", and Other Poems

By Oliver Wendell Holmes

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 4057664607522

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the “Breakfast Table” series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Wonderful One-Hoss-Shay, and Other Poems

Published by Good Press, 2021

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EAN 4057664607522

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THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE

OR THE WONDERFUL ONE-HOSS-SHAY.

A LOGICAL STORY.

(BRADDOCK'S ARMY WAS DONE SO BROWN.)

(I DEW VUM)

(SO THE DEACON INQUIRED OF THE VILLAGE FOLK.)

(THE PARSON TAKES A DRIVE.)

WHEN HE GOT UP AND STARED AROUND.

(THIS ANCIENT SILVER BOWL OF MINE.)

ON LENDING A PUNCHBOWL.

(JOLLY NIGHTS.)

(AND QUAFFED A CUP OF GOOD OLD FLEMISH ALE.)

(WITH THOSE THAT IN THE MAYFLOWER CAME.)

(STIRRED THE POSSET WITH HIS SWORD.)

(A MOTHER'S HAND TO CHEER HER PARTING BOY.)

(ITS BROKEN WALLS.)