The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete
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EARLIER POEMS (1830-1836). OLD IRONSIDES THE LAST LEAF THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD TO AN INSECT THE DILEMMA MY AUNT REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN DAILY TRIALS, BY A SENSITIVE MAN EVENING, BY A TAILOR THE DORCHESTER GIANT TO THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY THE COMET THE Music-GRINDERS THE TREADMILL SONG THE SEPTEMBER GALE THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS THE LAST READER POETRY: A METRICAL ESSAY
POEMS OF THE CLASS OF '29 (1851-1889) 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 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 HYMN FOR THE CLASS-MEETING EVEN-SONG THE SMILING LISTENER OUR SWEET SINGER: J. A. 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
POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE (1857-1858) THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS SUN AND SHADOW MUSA A PARTING HEALTH: To J. L. MOTLEY WHAT WE ALL THINK SPRING HAS COME PROLOGUE LATTER-DAY WARNINGS ALBUM VERSES A GOOD TIME GOING! THE LAST BLOSSOM CONTENTMENT AESTIVATION THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE; OR, THE WONDERFUL ONE-HOSE SHAY PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIR ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER
SONGS OF WELCOME AND FAREWELL AMERICA TO RUSSIA WELCOME TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS AT THE BANQUET TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS AT THE BANQUET TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY AT THE BANQUET TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ AT A DINNER TO ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AT A DINNER TO GENERAL GRANT To H W LONGFELLOW To CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG A TOAST TO WILKIE COLLINS
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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THE POETICAL WORKS
CONTENTS:
TO MY READERS
CONTENTS:
CONTENTS
TO MY READERS
EARLIER POEMS
THE LAST LEAF
THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD
TO AN INSECT
THE DILEMMA
MY AUNT
REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN
DAILY TRIALS
EVENING
THE DORCHESTER GIANT
TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A LADY" IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY
THE COMET
THE MUSIC-GRINDERS
THE TREADMILL SONG
THE SEPTEMBER GALE
THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS
THE LAST READER
POETRY:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
ADDITIONAL POEMS
THE PILGRIM'S VISION
THE STEAMBOAT
LEXINGTON
ON LENDING A PUNCH-BOWL
A SONG
THE ISLAND HUNTING-SONG
DEPARTED DAYS
THE ONLY DAUGHTER
ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE
SONG
LINES
NUX POSTCOENATICA
VERSES FOR AFTER-DINNER PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, 1844
A MODEST REQUEST
THE PARTING WORD
A SONG OF OTHER DAYS
SONG
A SENTIMENT
A RHYMED LESSON (URANIA)
AN AFTER-DINNER POEM
MEDICAL POEMS
THE MORNING VISIT
THE TWO ARMIES
THE STETHOSCOPE SONG
EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM
A PORTRAIT
A POEM
A SENTIMENT
RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.
CANTO FIRST
CANTO SECOND
SONGS IN MANY KEYS
AGNES
PART FIRST
PART SECOND
PART THIRD
PART FOURTH
PART FIFTH
PART SIXTH
THE PLOUGHMAN ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, OCTOBER 4, 1849
THE STUDY
THE BELLS
NON-RESISTANCE
THE MORAL BULLY
THE MIND'S DIET
OUR LIMITATIONS
THE OLD PLAYER
A POEM
TO GOVERNOR SWAIN
TO AN ENGLISH FRIEND
AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH
AFTER A LECTURE ON MOORE
AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS
AFTER A LECTURE ON SHELLEY
AT THE CLOSE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES
THE HUDSON
THE NEW EDEN
SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY NEW YORK, DECEMBER 22, 1855
FAREWELL
FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB
ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER
THE VOICELESS
THE TWO STREAMS
THE PROMISE
AVIS
THE LIVING TEMPLE
AT A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
THE GRAY CHIEF
THE LAST LOOK
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM, JR.
MARTHA
MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD COLLEGE
THE PARTING SONG
FOR THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SANITARY ASSOCIATION
FOR THE BURNS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
AT A MEETING OF FRIENDS
AUGUST 29, 1859
FOR THE FAIR IN AID OF THE FUND TO PROCURE BALL'S STATUE OF WASHINGTON
THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA A NIGHTMARE DREAM BY DAYLIGHT
INTERNATIONAL ODE
A SENTIMENT OFFERED AT THE DINNER TO H. I. H. THE PRINCE NAPOLEON, AT THE REVERE HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 25,1861
BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE
THE POETICAL WORKS
CONTENTS:
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
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,
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
POEMS FROM THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
SUN AND SHADOW
MUSA
A PARTING HEALTH
WHAT WE ALL THINK
SPRING HAS COME
PROLOGUE
LATTER-DAY WARNINGS
ALBUM VERSES
A GOOD TIME GOING!
THE LAST BLOSSOM
CONTENTMENT
AESTIVATION
THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE
PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY
ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING
POEMS FROM THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
HYMN OF TRUST
A SUN-DAY HYMN
THE CROOKED FOOTPATH
IRIS, HER BOOK
ROBINSON OF LEYDEN
ST. ANTHONY THE REFORMER
THE OPENING OF THE PIANO
MIDSUMMER
DE SAUTY
POEMS FROM THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE
FANTASIA
AUNT TABITHA
WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES AUTOCRAT-PROFESSOR-POET
SONGS OF MANY SEASONS
PROGRAMME
IN THE QUIET DAYS
DOROTHY Q.
THE ORGAN-BLOWER
AT THE PANTOMIME
AFTER THE FIRE
A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY
NEARING THE SNOW-LINE
IN WARTIME
TO CANAAN
"THUS SAITH THE LORD, I OFFER THEE THREE THINGS."
NEVER OR NOW
ONE COUNTRY
GOD SAVE THE FLAG
HYMN AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
HYMN FOR THE FAIR AT CHICAGO
UNDER THE WASHINGTON ELM, CAMBRIDGE
FREEDOM, OUR QUEEN
ARMY HYMN
PARTING HYMN "DUNDEE"
THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY
THE SWEET LITTLE MAN
UNION AND LIBERTY
SONGS OF WELCOME AND FAREWELL
WELCOME TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
AT THE BANQUET TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS
AT THE BANQUET TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY
AT THE BANQUET TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY
BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ
AT A DINNER TO ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
AT A DINNER TO GENERAL GRANT
TO H. W. LONGFELLOW
TO CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG
A TOAST TO WILKIE COLLINS
MEMORIAL VERSES
FOR THE SERVICES IN MEMORY OF
FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICES
EDWARD EVERETT
SHAKESPEARE
IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ROBERT WARE
HUMBOLDT'S BIRTHDAY
POEM
HYMN
HYMN
HYMN
RHYMES OF AN HOUR
ADDRESS
A SEA DIALOGUE
CHANSON WITHOUT MUSIC
PHI BETA KAPPA.—CAMBRIDGE, 1867
FOR THE CENTENNIAL DINNER
A POEM SERVED TO ORDER
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME
A HYMN OF PEACE
NOTES.
THE POETICAL WORKS
CONTENTS
BUNKER-HILL BATTLE
GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER-HILL BATTLE
AT THE "ATLANTIC" DINNER
"LUCY"
HYMN
A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
I.
II.
III.
JOSEPH WARREN, M. D.
OLD CAMBRIDGE
WELCOME TO THE NATIONS
A FAMILIAR LETTER
UNSATISFIED
HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET
AN APPEAL FOR "THE OLD SOUTH"
THE FIRST FAN
TO R. B. H.
THE SHIP OF STATE
A SENTIMENT
A FAMILY RECORD
THE IRON GATE
THE IRON GATE
VESTIGIA QUINQUE RETRORSUM
MY AVIARY
ON THE THRESHOLD
TO GEORGE PEABODY
AT THE PAPYRUS CLUB
FOR WHITTIER'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
TWO SONNETS: HARVARD
1643 "VERITAS." 1878
THE COMING ERA
IN RESPONSE
FOR THE MOORE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
TO JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE
WELCOME TO THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL CLUB
AMERICAN ACADEMY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
THE SCHOOL-BOY
THE SILENT MELODY
OUR HOME—OUR COUNTRY
POEM
RHYMES OF A LIFE-TIME
BEFORE THE CURFEW
OUR DEAD SINGER
TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
I. AT THE SUMMIT
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
POEM
POST-PRANDIAL
THE FLANEUR
AVE
KING'S CHAPEL
HYMN
HYMN.—THE WORD OF PROMISE
HYMN
ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD
I.
II.
III.
THE GOLDEN FLOWER
HAIL, COLUMBIA!
POEM
TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN
FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, BOSTON
FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S IN MEMORY OF A SON OF ARCHDEACON FARRAR
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS
THE PEAU DE CHAGRIN OF STATE STREET
CACOETHES SCRIBENDI
THE ROSE AND THE FERN
I LIKE YOU AND I LOVE YOU
LA MAISON D'OR
TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE
THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR, THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES
TARTARUS
AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD
IN VITA MINERVA
READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS
TO MY OLD READERS
THE BANKER'S SECRET
VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO
FIRST VERSES
TRANSLATION FROM THE ENEID, BOOK I.
THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS
THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
THE TOADSTOOL
THE SPECTRE PIG
TO A CAGED LION
THE STAR AND THE WATER-LILY
ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE
A ROMAN AQUEDUCT
FROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNAL
LA GRISETTE
OUR YANKEE GIRLS
L'INCONNUE
STANZAS
LINES BY A CLERK
THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE
THE POET'S LOT
TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER
TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN"
THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
A NOONTIDE LYRIC
THE HOT SEASON
A PORTRAIT
AN EVENING THOUGHT
THE WASP AND THE HORNET
"QUI VIVE?"
NOTES.