The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes - Complete

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OUR LIMITATIONS

DE SAUTY AN ELECTRO-CHEMICAL ECLOGUE

BEFORE THE CURFEW AT MY FIRESIDE

TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

POEM FOR THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF HARVARD COLLEGE

POST-PRANDIAL PHI BETA KAPPA WENDELL PHILLIPS, ORATOR; CHARLES GODFREY LELAND, POET

THE FLANEUR BOSTON COMMON, DECEMBER 6, 1882 DURING THE TRANSIT OF VENUS

AVE PRELUDE TO "ILLUSTRATED POEMS"

KING'S CHAPEL READ AT THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY

HYMN FOR THE SAME OCCASION SUNG BY THE CONGREGATION TO THE TUNE OF TALLIS'S EVENING HYMN

HYMN. THE WORD OF PROMISE

HYMN READ AT THE DEDICATION OF THE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HOSPITAL AT HUDSON, WISCONSIN JUNE 7, 1877

ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD I.

THE GOLDEN FLOWER

HAIL, COLUMBIA!

POEM FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON,

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 TO THE ELEVEN LADIES WHO PRESENTED

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 (BAR HARBOR)

TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE

THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR, THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES

TARTARUS

AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD

IN VITA MINERVA

THE BANKER'S SECRET

THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS

THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR

THE TOADSTOOL

THE SPECTRE PIG A BALLAD

TO A CAGED LION

THE STAR AND THE WATER-LILY

ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE "A SPANISH GIRL IN REVERIE,"

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" IN THE ATHENIEUM GALLERY

THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN

A NOONTIDE LYRIC

THE HOT SEASON

A PORTRAIT

AN EVENING THOUGHT WRITTEN AT SEA

THE WASP AND THE HORNET

"QUI VIVE?"

Title: The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Language: English

Produced by David Widger

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 Q: A FAMILY PORTRAIT THE ORGAN-BLOWER AT THE PANTOMIME AFTER THE FIRE A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY NEARING THE SNOW-LINE

IN WAR TIME TO CANAAN: A PURITAN WAR-SONG "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 THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY THE SWEET LITTLE MAN UNION AND LIBERTY

     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

MEMORIAL VERSES FOR THE SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BOSTON, 1865 FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICES, CAMBRIDGE JULY 21, 1865 EDWARD EVERETT: JANUARY 30, 1865 SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, APRIL 23, 1864 IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ROBERT WARE, MAY 25, 1864 HUMBOLDT'S BIRTHDAY: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, SEPTEMBER 14, 1869 POEM AT THE DEDICATION OF THE HALLECK MONUMENT, JULY 8, 1869 HYMN FOR THE CELEBRATION AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF HARVARD MEMORIAL HALL, CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 6, 1870 HYMN FOR THE DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL HALL AT CAMBRIDGE, 1874 HYMN AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF CHARLES SUMNER, APRIL 29, 1874

     RHYMES OF AN HOUR
          ADDRESS FOR THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, N. Y. 1873
          A SEA DIALOGUE
          CHANSON WITHOUT MUSIC
          FOR THE CENTENNIAL DINNER, PROPRIETORS OF BOSTON PIER, 1873
          A POEM SERVED TO ORDER
          THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
          No TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME
          A HYMN OF PEACE, TO THE MUSIC OF KELLER'S "AMERICAN HYMN"

NOTES

[Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set]

CONTENTS

BUNKER-HILL BATTLE AND OTHER POEMS
     GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER-HILL BATTLE
     AT THE "ATLANTIC" DINNER, DECEMBER 15, 1874
     "LUCY." FOR HER GOLDEN WEDDING, OCTOBER 18, 1875
     HYMN FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF GOVERNOR ANDREW, HINGHAM,
          OCTOBER 7, 1875
     A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. SAMUEL G. HOWE
     JOSEPH WARREN, M. D.
     OLD CAMBRIDGE, JULY 3, 1875
     WELCOME TO THE NATIONS, PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4, 1876
     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 FAMILY RECORD

THE IRON GATE AND OTHER POEMS. 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 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 AT THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY RHYMES OF A LIFE-TIME

BEFORE THE CURFEW AT MY FIRESIDE AT THE SATURDAY CLUB OUR DEAD SINGER. H. W. L. TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE ON HER SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY. I. AT THE SUMMIT II. THE WORLD'S HOMAGE A WELCOME TO DR. BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD TO FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY PRELUDE TO A VOLUME PRINTED IN RAISED LETTERS FOR THE BLIND BOSTON TO FLORENCE AT THE UNITARIAN FESTIVAL, MARCH 8, 1882 POEM FOR THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF HARVARD COLLEGE POST-PRANDIAL: PHI BETA KAPPA, 1881 THE FLANEUR: DURING THE TRANSIT OF VENUS, 1882 AVE KING'S CHAPEL READ AT THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY HYMN FOR THE SAME OCCASION HYMN.—THE WORD OF PROMISE HYMN READ AT THE DEDICATION OF THE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HOSPITAL AT HUDSON, WISCONSIN, JUNE 7, 1887 ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD THE GOLDEN FLOWER HAIL, COLUMBIA! POEM FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON, PRESENTED BY GEORGE CHILDS, OF PHILADELPHIA TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S JAMES RUSSELL LO WELL: 1819-1891

POEMS FROM OVER THE TEACUPS. TO THE ELEVEN LADIES WHO PRESENTED ME WITH A SILVER LOVING CUP 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 BAR HARBOR TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR, THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES TARTARUS AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD INVITA MINERVA

READINGS OVER THE TEACUPS TO MY OLD READERS 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 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 SPANISH GIRL REVERIE" 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" IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN A NOONTIDE LYRIC THE HOT SEASON A PORTRAIT AN EVENING THOUGHT. WRITTEN AT SEA THE WASP AND THE HORNET "QUI VIVE?"

NOTES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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