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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
TO AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
When
next you wish an autograph, I hope
You'll furnish
paper, stamp
and
envelope
;
Why, when you tax a hard-worked weary man,
Not save him all the trouble that you can?
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes