The Deacons Masterpiece, BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

THE DEACON S MASTERPIECE Or, the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay A Logical Story By Oliver Wendell Holmes 

Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay. That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day. 

And then, of a sudden, it—ah, but stay, ni tell you what happened without delay. Scaring the parson into fits. 

That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down. 

It was on the terrible Earthquake-day That the Deacon finished the one-hoss shay. 

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