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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

SONGS IN MANY KEYS

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

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BEFORE THE CURFEW

AT THE SATURDAY CLUB

OUR DEAD SINGER

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TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

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I. AT THE SUMMIT

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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

HYMN—THE WORD OF PROMISE

ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD

THE GOLDEN FLOWER

HAIL, COLUMBIA!

ADDITIONAL VERSES

TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN

FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, BOSTON

TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

IN MEMORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

TO THE TEACHERS OF AMERICA

FRANCIS PARKMAN

POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS

READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS

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HAIL, COLUMBIA!

1798 THE FIRST VERSE OF THE SONG

BY JOSEPH HOPKINSON

“Hail, Columbia! Happy land!
Hail, ye heroes, heaven-born band,
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,
And when the storm of war was gone
Enjoy'd the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its altar reach the skies.

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“Firm—united—let us be,
Rallying round our Liberty;
As a band of brothers join'd,
Peace and safety we shall find.”