The book Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, And Other Lays was written by author Robert Armistead Stewart Here you can read free online of Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, And Other Lays book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, And Other Lays a good or bad book?
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Despite what you averred ; For all the earth reveres the worth Of Colonel William Byrd. ' 23 IX THE BUBIAL OP THOMAS WALL. A most pot-valiant gentleman Was Thomas Wall of Surry, He kept a tun of choicest rum To ward off blues and worry. He lived a sweet-do-nothing life That scandal styled besotted; But when he came to drink his last, His conscience was unspotted. E'en as he wrote his testament, He kept elixir handy ; He left no pelf for mourning rings, But much for beer and brandy. He willed th...at at his obsequies. Lest drought be apprehended. Tobacco to a thousand pounds On liquor be expended. He craved a ghostly ministrant Of humor droll and sunny, Whose sermon should expound the jests That Wall esteemed most funny. He bade them dance about his grave, And toast his soul at parting; He wished no make-shift tears and groans, "No feign of inner smarting. 24 His ^^tiBtiy* marked the noblest will, That ever was probated. He left hifl chattels to his wife. Provided she re-mated. 25 IX THE BUBIAL OF THOMAS WALL.
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