Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HAIR-TONIC BOTTLE, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: How dear to my heart is the old village drug Last Line: "that ""hair-tonic"" bottle that stood on the shelf." Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Baldness; Quackery & Quacks | ||||||||
HOW dear to my heart is the old village drugstore, When tired and thirsty it comes to my view. The wide-spreading sign that asks you to "Try it," Vim, Vaseline, Vermifuge, Hop Bitters, too. The old rusty stove and the cuspidor by it, That little back room. Oh! you've been there yourself, And ofttimes have gone for the doctor's prescription, But tackled the bottle that stood on the shelf. The friendly old bottle, The plain-labeled bottle, The "Hair-Tonic" bottle that stood on the shelf. How oft have I seized it with hands that were glowing, And guzzled awhile ere I set off for home; I owned the whole earth all that night, but next morning My head felt as big as the Capitol's dome. And then how I hurried away to receive it, The druggist would smile o'er his poisonous pelf, And laugh as he poured out his unlicensed bitters, And filled up the bottle that stood on the shelf. The unlicensed bottle, The plain-labeled bottle, That "Hair-Tonic" bottle that stood on the shelf. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A CASUAL OBSERVATION by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A FROG'S THANKSGIVING by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A NEGRO SONG OF HOME by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A RECORD F'OM 'WAY BACK by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A RETROSPECTION by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A SUMMER'S AFTERNOON by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING AFTER WEIDENFELLER GOES by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING ANGELINY by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING APPEARANCES by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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