Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

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?


The Deacon's Masterpiece; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


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?

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?

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?

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?