Versos English Oliver Wendell Holmes (“And Quaffed A Cup Of Good Old Flemish Ale.”)

English poem

(“And Quaffed A Cup Of Good Old Flemish Ale.”)

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And oft, as on the ancient stock another twig was found,

'Twas filled with caudle spiced and hot, and handed smoking round.

But, changing hands, it reached at length a Puritan divine.

Who used to follow Timothy, and take a little wine,

But hated punch and prelacy; and so it was, perhaps,

He went to Leyden, where he found conventicles and schnaps.=