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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)
ADDITIONAL POEMS 1838–1894 AND UNDATED
APPENDIX.
II. ADDITIONAL VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO 1822–1833
IV. THE HEART'S OWN SECRET
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
EPITAPH
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From
his far isle the gentle stranger came
Who taught our lips to love his liquid name,
Found a new home beneath our western sky
Won all our hearts and left us but to die.
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes