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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AN UNPUBLISHED POEM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
TO A. L. J.
TO A. L. J.
TO A. L. J.
A SCINTILLA
A VISION OF LIFE
WYCLIFFE
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
1.
I A DOLLAR'S WORTH
MOTTO
LETTER
2.
II FAITH
CRIMEA
INTRODUCTION
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
THE COMBINATION
EPITAPH I
EPITAPH II
ILLUSION
IN THE DEAD SEASON
LOVE
THE POET GROWS OLD
TO AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
TO A BRIGHT BOY
TO CORINNA
APPENDIX.
II. ADDITIONAL VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO 1822–1833
“PERDIDI DIEM.” TIBERIUS
CHARITABLE ANN
HASTY PUDDING
SERENADE
TO M. C. D.
BURIAL OF A MAIDEN AT SEA
THE LOVER'S RETURN
FORGOTTEN AGES
A POEM
TO S---L---
RHYMED CHRONICLE
SELECTIONS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS
AN ENIGMA I
ENIGMA II
RUNAWAY BALLADS
ROMANCE
SCENES FROM AN UNPUBLISHED PLAY
1.
I
2.
II
3.
III
THE CANNIBAL
AN INVOCATION
THE MONKEYS
THE DEPARTURE
THE FISH PIECES
THE GIPSY
LADY DRINKING
THE GRADUATE'S SONG
MOONSHINE
OCTOSYLLABICS
THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S STORY
THE TAIL-PIECE
CONFESSIONS OF A COCOANUT
THE GALLOWS BIRD'S LAST SONG
REFLECTIONS IN A BALL ROOM
THE TWO SHADOWS
CROSSING THE FORD
DOMESTIC THOUGHTS
THE FLIES
INFELIX SENECTUS
SONG OF THE HENPECKED
THE FAIRY WORLD
THE LOST BOY
TO THE LADY OPPOSITE
CITY MADRIGALS
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
WORDS TO WOMAN
SENTIMENT
NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS
SIX VERSES
IV. THE HEART'S OWN SECRET
[I, a poor actor, paid to please a throng,—]
[Pictures enough! 'Tis time the gallery close]
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
EPITAPH
I
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
