It went to pieces all at once-
All at once and nothing first,
Just as bubbles do when they burst. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)

It went to pieces all at once- All at once and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burst.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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