 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, Oí o od in their eye, And bade them come and go with him,...led them on, While they for food complain : " Stay — 01Г went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — Had got tuß/HJy, and stopped perplexed... | |
 | 1872 - 778 pages
...whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back cross-bar as strong as the fore, And spring, and axle, and hub encore. And yet as a whole it is past a doubt In another hour it will be worn out! First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill,— You see, of course, if you're... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...And the back crossbar as strong as the fore. And spring, and axle, and hub encore. • And yet, an a whole, it is past a doubt In another hour it will be worn out I First of November, 'Fifty-five I This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...whipple-tree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And the spring and axle, and hub encore ; And yet, as a •whole, it is past...one-hoss shay, Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. " Hiddup ! " said the parson — off went they. The parson was working his Sunday text — Had got... | |
 | George Manville Fenn - Wit and humor - 1899 - 534 pages
...neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring, and axle, and hnbf encore. And yet, as a whole, it is past a doubt, In...'fifty-five : This morning the parson takes a drive. Splinter-bar. t Narc. Now, small boys, get out of the way ! Here comes the wonderful one-hoss-shay,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1873 - 410 pages
...whippletree ne'thcr less nor more, 13* And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it. is past a...will be worn out ! First of November, 'Fifty-five I This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out of the way I Here comes the wonderful... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...whippletree neither less nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it is past a doubt In another hour it will be worn out ! 10. First of November, fifty-five ! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...whippletree neither less nor more, And the back -crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle iioih ; warn out! First of November, 'Fifty-five ! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys,... | |
 | Patrick O'Shea - 1873 - 524 pages
...whipple-tree neither le»s nor more, And the back crossbar as strong as tbe fore, And spring, and axle, and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it is past a doubt In another hour it will bo worn out ! 11. First of November, 'Fifty-five ! This ii orning the parson takes a drive. Now, small... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...whippletree neither less nor more, And the back-crossbar as strong as the fore, And spring and axle and hub encore. And yet, as a whole, it is past a...boys, get out of the way ! Here comes the wonderful one-hossshay. Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. " Huddup ! " said the parson. — Off went they.... | |
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That there wasn'ta chance for one to start. For the wheels were just as strong as the thills, And the floor was just as strong as the sills, And the panels just as strong as the floor, And the whippletree neither less nor more, And the... 
