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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
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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
  
AT MY FIRESIDE
  
AT THE SATURDAY CLUB
  
OUR DEAD SINGER
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TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
  
A WELCOME TO DR. BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD
  
TO FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE
  
TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
  
TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
  
PRELUDE TO A VOLUME PRINTED IN RAISED LETTERS FOR THE BLIND
  
BOSTON TO FLORENCE
  
AT THE UNITARIAN FESTIVAL
  
POEM
  
POST-PRANDIAL
  
THE FLÂNEUR
  
AVE
  
KING'S CHAPEL
  
HYMN
  
HYMN—THE WORD OF PROMISE
  
HYMN
  
ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD
  
THE GOLDEN FLOWER
  
YOUTH
  
HAIL, COLUMBIA!
  
ADDITIONAL VERSES
  
POEM
  
TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN
  
FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, BOSTON
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TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
  
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BUT ONE TALENT
  
FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S
  
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
  
IN MEMORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
  
TO THE TEACHERS OF AMERICA
  
HYMN
  
FRANCIS PARKMAN
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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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Once more the health of Nature's favored son,
The poet, critic, patriot, all in one;
Health, honor, friendship, ever round him wait
In life's fair field beyond the seven-barred gate!
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