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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
  
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
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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
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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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TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE

Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Tell reddening rosebuds not to blow!
Wait not for spring to pass away,—
Love's summer months begin with May!
Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Too young? Too young?
Ah, no! no! no!
Too young for love?
Ah, say not so,
While daisies bloom and tulips glow!
June soon will come with lengthened day
To practise all love learned in May.
Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!
Too young? Too young?
Ah, no! no! no!
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