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The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

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POEMS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1837 AND 1848

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SONGS IN MANY KEYS

THE MORAL BULLY

THE MIND'S DIET

OUR LIMITATIONS

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

SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY

FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB

ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER

THE TWO STREAMS

THE LIVING TEMPLE

AT A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL

A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM, JR.

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

BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE

POEMS OF THE CLASS OF '29

POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE

POEMS FROM THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE

POEMS FROM THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE

SONGS OF MANY SEASONS

BUNKER-HILL BATTLE AND OTHER POEMS

THE IRON GATE AND OTHER POEMS

BEFORE THE CURFEW

POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS

READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS

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So ends the day; before the midnight stroke
The lights expiring cloud the air with smoke;
While these the toil of younger hands employ,
The slumbering Grecian dreams of smouldering Troy.