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The vehicle was commonly called a shay in New England, and the word shay was further popularized by Oliver Wendell Holmes's 1858 poem The Deacon's Masterpiece, or The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay. [2]: 82, 249 [10] "Shay" was also a term used in Nova Scotia.
As is seen with poems such as "The Chambered Nautilus" and "The Deacon's Masterpiece or The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay", Holmes successfully concentrated his verse upon concrete objects with which he was long familiar, or had studied at length, such as the one-horse shay or a seashell. [144]
The Deacon's Masterpiece or The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay" (1911) An Epic Symphony for brass band (1926) Famous Beauties, suite for orchestra; Festival Toccata for organ (1915, written for Edwin Lemare) Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance for strings (1914) Fountain Reverie for organ (1915) Hymn Tune Voluntaries for the Organ (1906)
The Deacon's Masterpiece or the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay-> Poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Gatomaquia-> 1634 poem by Lope de Vega written under the pseudonym "Tomé de Burguillos" General William Booth Enters Into Heaven-> Poem by Vachel Lindsay; Luke Havergal-> 1897 poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson
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Garvin noted that economists call such products "one-hoss shays", after the carriage in Oliver Wendel Holmes' poem, The wonderful one-hoss-shay. [7] In other cases, consumers must weigh the expected cost, in both dollars and personal inconvenience, of future repairs against the investment and operating expenses of a newer, more reliable model.