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The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
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TO MY READERS
EARLIER POEMS
OLD IRONSIDES
THE LAST LEAF
THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD
TO AN INSECT
THE DILEMMA
MY AUNT
REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN
DAILY TRIALS
EVENING
THE DORCHESTER GIANT
TO THE PORTRAIT OF “A LADY”
THE COMET
THE MUSIC-GRINDERS
THE TREADMILL SONG
THE SEPTEMBER GALE
THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS
THE LAST READER
POETRY
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1.
I
2.
II
3.
III
4.
IV
5.
V
POEMS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1837 AND 1848
THE PILGRIM'S VISION
THE STEAMBOAT
LEXINGTON
ON LENDING A PUNCH-BOWL
A SONG
THE ISLAND HUNTING-SONG
DEPARTED DAYS
THE ONLY DAUGHTER
SONG
LINES
NUX POSTCŒNATICA
VERSES FOR AFTER-DINNER
A MODEST REQUEST
THE PARTING WORD
A SONG OF OTHER DAYS
SONG
A SENTIMENT
A RHYMED LESSON
AN AFTER-DINNER POEM
MEDICAL POEMS
THE MORNING VISIT
THE TWO ARMIES
THE STETHOSCOPE SONG
EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM
A PORTRAIT
A SENTIMENT
A POEM
A SENTIMENT
RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.
1.
CANTO FIRST
2.
CANTO SECOND
POEM
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
POEMS OF THE CLASS OF '29
BILL AND JOE
A SONG OF “TWENTY-NINE”
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
AN IMPROMPTU
THE OLD MAN DREAMS
REMEMBER—FORGET
OUR INDIAN SUMMER
MARE RUBRUM
THE BOYS
LINES
A VOICE OF THE LOYAL NORTH
1861
J. D. R.
VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP UNION
“CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE”
F. W. C.
THE LAST CHARGE
OUR OLDEST FRIEND
SHERMAN 'S IN SAVANNAH
MY ANNUAL
ALL HERE
ONCE MORE
THE OLD CRUISER
ADDED FOR THE ALUMNI MEETING, JUNE 29, 1869.
HYMN FOR THE CLASS-MEETING
EVEN-SONG
THE SMILING LISTENER
OUR SWEET SINGER
H. C. M. H. S. J. K. W.
WHAT I HAVE COME FOR
OUR BANKER
FOR CLASS MEETING
“AD AMICOS”
HOW NOT TO SETTLE IT
THE LAST SURVIVOR
THE ARCHBISHOP AND GIL BLAS
THE SHADOWS
BENJAMIN PEIRCE
IN THE TWILIGHT
A LOVING-CUP SONG
THE GIRDLE OF FRIENDSHIP
THE LYRE OF ANACREON
THE OLD TUNE
THE BROKEN CIRCLE
THE ANGEL-THIEF
AFTER THE CURFEW
POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS
SUN AND SHADOW
MUSA
A PARTING HEALTH
WHAT WE ALL THINK
SPRING HAS COME
PROLOGUE
LATTER-DAY WARNINGS
ALBUM VERSES
A GOOD TIME GOING!
THE LAST BLOSSOM
CONTENTMENT
ÆSTIVATION
THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE
PRELUDE
PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY
ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING
POEMS FROM THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
UNDER THE VIOLETS
HYMN OF TRUST
A SUN-DAY HYMN
THE CROOKED FOOTPATH
IRIS, HER BOOK
ROBINSON OF LEYDEN
ST. ANTHONY THE REFORMER
THE OPENING OF THE PIANO
MIDSUMMER
DE SAUTY
POEMS FROM THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
HOMESICK IN HEAVEN
FANTASIA
AUNT TABITHA
WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS
1.
I AMBITION
2.
II REGRETS
3.
III SYMPATHIES
4.
IV MASTER AND SCHOLAR
5.
V ALONE
6.
VI QUESTIONING
7.
VII WORSHIP
8.
VIII MANHOOD
9.
IX RIGHTS
10.
X TRUTHS
11.
XI IDOLS
12.
XII LOVE
EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES
SONGS OF MANY SEASONS
OPENING THE WINDOW
PROGRAMME
IN THE QUIET DAYS
AN OLD-YEAR SONG
DOROTHY Q.
THE ORGAN-BLOWER
AFTER THE FIRE
AT THE PANTOMIME
A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY
NEARING THE SNOW-LINE
IN WAR TIME
TO CANAAN
“THUS SAITH THE LORD, I OFFER THEE THREE THINGS”
NEVER OR NOW
HYMN
ONE COUNTRY
GOD SAVE THE FLAG!
HYMN
HYMN
UNDER THE WASHINGTON ELM, CAMBRIDGE
FREEDOM, OUR QUEEN
ARMY HYMN
PARTING HYMN
THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY
THE SWEET LITTLE MAN
UNION AND LIBERTY
SONGS OF WELCOME AND FAREWELL
AMERICA TO RUSSIA
WELCOME TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
AT THE BANQUET TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
AT THE BANQUET TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY
AT THE BANQUET TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY
BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ
AT A DINNER TO ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
AT A DINNER TO GENERAL GRANT
TO H. W. LONGFELLOW
TO CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG
A TOAST TO WILKIE COLLINS
MEMORIAL VERSES
FOR THE SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICES
EDWARD EVERETT
“OUR FIRST CITIZEN”
SHAKESPEARE
TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ROBERT WARE
HUMBOLDT'S BIRTHDAY
POEM
HYMN
HYMN
HYMN
RHYMES OF AN HOUR
AN IMPROMPTU
ADDRESS
A SEA DIALOGUE
NOVEMBER 10, 1864
CHANSON WITHOUT MUSIC
FOR THE CENTENNIAL DINNER
A POEM SERVED TO ORDER
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME
A HYMN OF PEACE
BUNKER-HILL BATTLE AND OTHER POEMS
GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER-HILL BATTLE
AT THE “ATLANTIC” DINNER
“LUCY”
HYMN
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
JOSEPH WARREN, M. D.
OLD CAMBRIDGE
WELCOME TO THE NATIONS
A FAMILIAR LETTER
UNSATISFIED
HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET
AN APPEAL FOR “THE OLD SOUTH”
THE FIRST FAN
TO RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES
THE SHIP OF STATE
A FAMILY RECORD
THE IRON GATE AND OTHER POEMS
THE IRON GATE
VESTIGIA QUINQUE RETRORSUM
MY AVIARY
ON THE THRESHOLD
TO GEORGE PEABODY
AT THE PAPYRUS CLUB
FOR WHITTIER'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
TWO SONNETS: HARVARD
THE COMING SEA
IN RESPONSE
FOR THE MOORE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
TO JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE
WELCOME TO THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL CLUB
AMERICAN ACADEMY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
THE SCHOOL-BOY
THE SILENT MELODY
OUR HOME—OUR COUNTRY
POEM
HARVARD
RHYMES OF A LIFE-TIME
BEFORE THE CURFEW
AT MY FIRESIDE
AT THE SATURDAY CLUB
OUR DEAD SINGER
TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
1.
I. AT THE SUMMIT
2.
II. THE WORLD'S HOMAGE
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
TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
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
POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS
TO THE ELEVEN LADIES
THE PEAU DE CHAGRIN OF STATE STREET
CACOETHES SCRIBENDI
THE ROSE AND THE FERN
I LIKE YOU AND I LOVE YOU
LA MAISON D'OR
TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE
THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR, THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES
TARTARUS
AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD
INVITÂ MINERVÂ
READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS
TO MY OLD READERS
THE BANKER'S SECRET
THE EXILE'S SECRET
THE LOVER'S SECRET
THE STATESMAN'S SECRET
THE MOTHER'S SECRET
THE SECRET OF THE STARS
APPENDIX
1.
I. VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO
FIRST VERSES
THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS
THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
THE TOADSTOOL
THE SPECTRE PIG
TO A CAGED LION
THE STAR AND THE WATER-LILY
ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE
A ROMAN AQUEDUCT
FROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNAL
LA GRISETTE
OUR YANKEE GIRLS
L'INCONNUE
STANZAS
LINES BY A CLERK
THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE
THE POET'S LOT
TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER
TO THE PORTRAIT OF “A GENTLEMAN”
THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
A NOONTIDE LYRIC
THE HOT SEASON
A PORTRAIT
AN EVENING THOUGHT
“THE WASP” AND “THE HORNET”
“QUI VIVE?”
A SOUVENIR
THE DYING SENECA
THE LAST PROPHECY OF CASSANDRA
TO MY COMPANIONS
2.
II.
ASTRÆA: THE BALANCE OF ILLUSIONS
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The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
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