The One Hoss Shay: With its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet &; The Broomstick Train — John Shaqi
The One Hoss Shay: With its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet &; The Broomstick TrainHolmes, Oliver Wendell
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The One Hoss Shay: With its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet &; The Broomstick Train
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
American poetry
HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET.
Half Title 30
"The famous trotting ground" 31
"Many a noted steed" 32
"The Sunday swell" 33
"The jointed tandem" 34
"So shy with us, so free with these" 35
"The lovely bonnets beamed their smiles" 36
"I'll bet you two to one" 37
"Harnessed in his one-hoss-shay" 38
"The sexton ... led forth the horse" 40
"A sight to see" 41
"They lead him, limping, to the track" 42
"To limber out each stiffened joint" 43
"Something like a stride" 45
"A mighty stride he swung" 47
"Off went a shoe" 48
"And now the stand he rushes by" 50
"And off they spring" 51
"They follow at his heels" 52
"They're losing ground" 52
"He's distanced all the lot" 53
"Some took his time" 54
"Back in the one-hoss shay he went" 56
"A horse _can_ trot, for all he's old" 57
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