The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete

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Author

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

7400

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7400

Release Date

September 30, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POETICAL WORKS — CONTENTS:
2. 2.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 — 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
3. 3.THE PLOUGHMAN ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, OCTOBER 4, 1849 — SPRING
4. 4.THE STUDY
5. 5.THE BELLS
6. 6.NON-RESISTANCE
7. 7.THE MORAL BULLY
8. 8.THE MIND'S DIET
9. 9.OUR LIMITATIONS
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.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
14. 14.DE SAUTY — POEMS FROM THE POET AT THE BREAKFAST-TABLE — FANTASIA — AUNT TABITHA — WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES AUTOCRAT-PROFESSOR-POET — SONGS OF MANY SEASONS — PROGRAMME — IN THE QUIET DAYS
15. 15.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
16. 16.TO R. B. H. — THE SHIP OF STATE — 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
17. 17.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
18. 18.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
19. 19.POEM
20. 20.POST-PRANDIAL
21. 21.THE FLANEUR
22. 22.AVE
23. 23.KING'S CHAPEL
24. 24.HYMN
25. 25.HYMN.—THE WORD OF PROMISE
26. 26.HYMN
27. 27.ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD — II. — III.
28. 28.THE GOLDEN FLOWER
29. 29.HAIL, COLUMBIA! — ADDITIONAL VERSES
30. 30.POEM
31. 31.TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN
32. 32.FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, BOSTON
33. 33.FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S IN MEMORY OF A SON OF ARCHDEACON FARRAR
34. 34.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
35. 35.POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS — TO THE ELEVEN LADIES
36. 36.THE PEAU DE CHAGRIN OF STATE STREET
37. 37.CACOETHES SCRIBENDI
38. 38.THE ROSE AND THE FERN
39. 39.I LIKE YOU AND I LOVE YOU
40. 40.LA MAISON D'OR
41. 41.TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE
42. 42.THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR, THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES
43. 43.TARTARUS
44. 44.AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD
45. 45.IN VITA MINERVA — READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS — TO MY OLD READERS
46. 46.THE BANKER'S SECRET — THE EXILE'S SECRET — THE LOVER'S SECRET — THE STATESMAN'S SECRET — THE MOTHER'S SECRET — THE SECRET OF THE STARS — VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO — FIRST VERSES — TRANSLATION FROM THE ENEID, BOOK I.
47. 47.THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS
48. 48.THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
49. 49.THE TOADSTOOL
50. 50.THE SPECTRE PIG
51. 51.TO A CAGED LION
52. 52.THE STAR AND THE WATER-LILY
53. 53.ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE
54. 54.A ROMAN AQUEDUCT
55. 55.FROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNAL
56. 56.LA GRISETTE
57. 57.OUR YANKEE GIRLS
58. 58.L'INCONNUE
59. 59.STANZAS
60. 60.LINES BY A CLERK
61. 61.THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE
62. 62.THE POET'S LOT
63. 63.TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER
64. 64.TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN"
65. 65.THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
66. 66.A NOONTIDE LYRIC
67. 67.THE HOT SEASON
68. 68.A PORTRAIT
69. 69.AN EVENING THOUGHT
70. 70.THE WASP AND THE HORNET
71. 71."QUI VIVE?" — NOTES.

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