The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894)

ADDITIONAL POEMS 1838–1894 AND UNDATED

AN UNPUBLISHED POEM

SUNG AT THE HUNT

AT DARTMOUTH

HUNTING-SONG FOR 1839

LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR

PLEASURE REMEMBERED

TO JULIA WARD HOWE

LETTER TO THE CONNECTICUT STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY

TO J. R. L.

TO J. R. L. FROM HOMER WILBUR

FROM AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH

CAMILLA

TWO POEMS FOR THE FESTIVAL OF ST. STEPHEN'S PARISH

FOR THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

AT A DINNER TO AGASSIZ

A SONG FOR THE WIDOW

SONG AT THE HUNT

THE HUNT

TO JAMES JACKSON, M. D.

OUR SECOND SELVES

VARIATIONS ON AN ARIA

ADIEUX Á LA VIE

LES BOHÉMIENS

ANSWER TO A TEETOTALER

THE EXAMINATION

PENITENTIA

TO E. AND L. A. WITH A PEAR

A LETTER TO ELIZA

STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

TRUMPET SONG

WITH TWELVE AUTOGRAPHS

WEARY

SONG OF WELCOME TO THE RUSSIAN FLEET

AN OLD GRADUATE'S VERSES

PRELUDE

THE JUBILEE

TO JOHN PIERPONT

TO THE HARVARD ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY

FOR A MONUMENT

FOR LONGFELLOW'S BIRTHDAY

ON RECEIVING A STOLEN APPLE

A WREATH OF FLOWERS

CATULLUS: DE ARRIO, LXXXII

THE RELUCTANT MINSTREL

WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS

THE TOOTHACHE

CHARADE

IN T. G. A.'S ALBUM

TELEGRAM TO THE BOHEMIAN CLUB: SAN FRANCISCO

CHARADE

A RHYMED RIDDLE

“OVER THE RIVER”

MY EXCUSE FOR NOT WRITING

TO J. R. N.

TO J. R. L.

THE GOLDEN CALENDAR

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONORS' WORSHIPS

THE ALBUM FIEND

ALMA MATER

AT THE UNITARIAN FESTIVAL

RESPONSE TO A TOAST

DOROTHY QUINCY UPHAM

TO J. R. L. HOMEWARD BOUND

TO MARK TWAIN

TO YOUTHFUL RHYMESTERS

FOR MISS HOWELLS' ALBUM

TO THE REVEREND S. F. SMITH, D. D.

CENTENNIAL OF WASHINGTON'S INAUGURAL

TO SARAH WHITMAN

THE LIVING DYNAMO

POEM ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF MY PORTRAIT TO THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

TO J. M. F. ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY

ELLEN TERRY

VERSION OF A FRAGMENT OF SAPPHO

TO AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR

TO A BRIGHT BOY

TO CORINNA

APPENDIX.

II. ADDITIONAL VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO 1822–1833

“PERDIDI DIEM.” TIBERIUS

BURIAL OF A MAIDEN AT SEA

SELECTIONS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS

SCENES FROM AN UNPUBLISHED PLAY

THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S STORY

THE TAIL-PIECE

CONFESSIONS OF A COCOANUT

THE GALLOWS BIRD'S LAST SONG

REFLECTIONS IN A BALL ROOM

SONG OF THE HENPECKED

TO MY NEIGHBOUR WHO SINGS, AND PLAYS ON THE PIANO-FORTE

LOVE-SONG

TO FAME

TO A LADY WITH HER BACK TO ME

THE DESTROYERS

THE TOAD AND THE NIGHTINGALE

IV. THE HEART'S OWN SECRET

[I, a poor actor, paid to please a throng,—]

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TO J. R. L.

JULY 14, 1877

Good bye! Good bye! We cannot mend
The homely Saxon phrase.
May God be with you, parting friend
We love too well to praise.

We lose you as we lose the light
On yonder steep that burns;
For us on shore awhile tis bright
Then to the wave it turns.

What though we miss the lofty blaze
Our eyes have learned to hail,—

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More welcome still its widening rays
To many a wandering sail.

So, though we miss your light awhile,
We will not vainly sigh,
But falter with a sorrowing smile
Dear friend Good bye! Good bye!

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TO J. R. L.