Henry
Release Date: September 21, 2001 [eBook #3815]
[Most recently updated: December 2, 2005]
Language: English
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ROLLING STONES
by
O. HENRY
Author of "The Four Million," "The Voice of the City," "The Trimmed
Lamp," "Strictly Business," "Sixes and Sevens," etc.
1919
[Illustration: The last photograph of O. Henry, taken by
W. M. Vanderwayde (New York) in 1909]
O. Henry, Afrite-Chef of all delight--
Of all delectables conglomerate
That stay the starved brain and rejuvenate
The Mental Man! The aesthetic appetite--
So long enhungered that the "inards" fight
And growl gutwise--its pangs thou dost abate
And all so amiably alleviate,
Joy pats his belly as a hobo might
Who haply hath obtained a cherry pie
With no burnt crust at all, ner any seeds;
Nothin' but crisp crust, and the thickness fit.
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