Poetry of Oliver Wendell Holmes

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THE POETICAL WORKS
OF
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
[1893 three volume set]
CONTENTS:
TO MY READERS
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
ADDITIONAL POEMS (1837-1848):
THE PILGRIM'S VISION
THE STEAMBOAT
LEXINGTON

ON LENDING A PUNCH BOWL
A SONG FOR THE
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF HARVARD COLLEGE,
THE ISLAND HUNTING-SONG
DEPARTED DAYS
THE
ONLY DAUGHTER
SONG WRITTEN FOR THE DINNER
GIVEN TO CHARLES
DICKENS, BY THE YOUNG MEN OF
BOSTON, FEBRUARY 1, 1842
LINES RECITED AT THE
BERKSHIRE JUBILEE
NUX POSTCOENATICA
VERSES

FOR AFTER-DINNER
A MODEST REQUEST, COMPLIED
WITH AFTER THE
DINNER AT PRESIDENT EVERETT'S
INAUGURATION
THE PARTING WORD
A SONG OF
OTHER DAYS
SONG FOR A TEMPERANCE DINNER TO
WHICH LADIES WERE INVITED
(NEW YORK MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,
NOVEMBER, 1842) A SENTIMENT
A RHYMED LESSON
(URANIA)
AN AFTER-DINNER POEM (TERPSICHORE)
MEDICAL POEMS:
THE MORNING VISIT
THE TWO ARMIES
THE
STETHOSCOPE SONG
EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL
POEM
A POEM FOR THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AT NEW YORK, MAY 5, 1853
A
SENTIMENT
RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.
SONGS IN MANY KEYS (1849-1861)
PROLOGUE
AGNES
THE PLOUGHMAN
SPRING
THE
STUDY
THE BELLS
NON-RESISTANCE
THE MORAL
BULLY
THE MIND'S DIET
OUR LIMITATIONS
THE
OLD PLAYER
A POEM DEDICATION OF THE PITTSFIELD
CEMETERY, SEPTEMBER 9,1850 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 TO J. R. LOWELL

FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB, 1856
ODE
FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL

WEBSTER
THE VOICELESS
THE TWO STREAMS
THE
PROMISE
AVIS
THE LIVING TEMPLE
AT A BIRTHDAY
FESTIVAL: TO J. R. LOWELL
A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO J.
F. CLARKE
THE GRAY CHIEF
THE LAST LOOK: W. W.
SWAIN
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
BOSTON COMMON: THREE PICTURES
THE
OLD MAN OF THE SEA
INTERNATIONAL ODE
VIVE LA
FRANCE
BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER
CAROLINE
NOTES
[Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set]
CONTENTS:
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
POEMS FROM THE PROFESSOR AT THE
BREAKFAST-TABLE (1858-1859)
UNDER THE VIOLETS
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
(1871-1872)
HOMESICK IN HEAVEN
FANTASIA
AUNT TABITHA

WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS
EPILOGUE TO THE
BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES

SONGS OF MANY SEASONS (1862-1874)
OPENING THE WINDOW
PROGRAMME
IN THE QUIET DAYS
AN OLD-YEAR SONG
DOROTHY