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The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

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TO MY READERS
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EARLIER POEMS
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POEMS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1837 AND 1848
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MEDICAL POEMS
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SONGS IN MANY KEYS
  
PROLOGUE
  
AGNES
  
THE PLOUGHMAN
  
SPRING
  
THE STUDY
  
THE BELLS
  
NON-RESISTANCE
  
THE MORAL BULLY
  
THE MIND'S DIET
  
OUR LIMITATIONS
  
THE OLD PLAYER
  
A POEM
  
TO GOVERNOR SWAIN
  
TO AN ENGLISH FRIEND
  
AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH
  
AFTER A LECTURE ON MOORE
  
AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS
  
AFTER A LECTURE ON SHELLEY
  
AT THE CLOSE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES
  
THE HUDSON
  
THE NEW EDEN
  
SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY
  
FAREWELL
  
FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB
  
ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
  
BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER
  
THE VOICELESS
  
THE TWO STREAMS
  
THE PROMISE
  
AVIS
  
THE LIVING TEMPLE
  
AT A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL
  
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
  
THE GRAY CHIEF
  
THE LAST LOOK
  
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM, JR.
  
MARTHA
  
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD COLLEGE
  
THE PARTING SONG
  
FOR THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SANITARY ASSOCIATION
  
FOR THE BURNS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
  
AT A MEETING OF FRIENDS
  
BOSTON COMMON; THREE PICTURES
NOVEMBER 14, 1859
  
THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA
  
INTERNATIONAL ODE
  
VIVE LA FRANCE
  
BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE
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POEMS OF THE CLASS OF '29
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POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
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POEMS FROM THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
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POEMS FROM THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
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SONGS OF MANY SEASONS
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BUNKER-HILL BATTLE AND OTHER POEMS
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THE IRON GATE AND OTHER POEMS
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BEFORE THE CURFEW
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POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS
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READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS
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APPENDIX

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In narrowest girdle, O reluctant Muse,
In closest frock and Cinderella shoes,
Bound to the foot-lights for thy brief display,
One zephyr step, and then dissolve away!
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