Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The Reverend Henry Beecher
Called a hen a most elegant creature.
    The hen, pleased with that,
    Laid an egg in his hat –
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.

1. A Sentiment (A TRIPLE health to Friendship, Science, Art,)
2. The Study
3. Daily Trials
4. The Island Hunting-Song
5. Nux Postcoenatica

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