Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The Old Oaken Bucket.

Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing,

And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.

The Old Oaken Bucket.

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.

The Old Oaken Bucket.

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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.  1785-1842.

A wet sheet and a flowing sea,