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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

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Poems found: 397

A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY [DECEMBER 16, 1773]

A SEA DIALOGUE

A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT]

AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS

BILL AND JOE

BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER

BOSTON COMMON: 1630

BOSTON COMMON: 1774

BOSTON COMMON: 1869

BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE [DECEMBER 2O, 1860]

CACOETHES SCRIBENDI

CONTENTMENT; 'MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE HERE BELOW

DANIEL WEBSTER

DOROTHY Q; A FAMILY PORTRAIT

GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE

HYMN OF TRUST

LEXINGTON [APRIL 19, 1775]

MY AUNT

ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER

OLD IRONSIDES

ON LENDING A PUNCH BOWL

SHERMAN'S IN SAVANNAH [DECEMBER 22, 1864]

THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN

THE BOYS

THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

THE DORCHESTER GIANT

THE LAST LEAF

THE LIVING TEMPLE

THE OLD MAN DREAMS

THE PLOUGHMAN

THE VOICELESS

TO AN INSECT

UNDER THE VIOLETS

THUS SAITH THE LORD, I OFFER THEE THREE THINGS

YOUTH FADES; LOVE DROOPS; THE LESSONS OF FRIENDSHIP FALL

AD AMICOS'

CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE'

LUCY'; FOR HER GOLDEN WEDDING

QUI VIVE?'

A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE; TO J.F. CLARKE

A FAMILIAR LETTER TO SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS

A FAMILY RECORD

A FAREWELL TO AGASSIZ; WRITTEN ON EVE OF JOURNEY TO BRAZIL

A GOOD TIME GOING; ADDRESSED TO CHARLES MACKAY

A LOVING-CUP SONG

A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

A MODEST REQUEST

A NOONTIDE LYRIC

A PARODY ON A PSALM OF LIFE

A PARTING HEALTH; TO J.L. MOTLEY

A POEM FOR THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

A POEM SERVED TO ORDER

A POEM: DEDICATION OF THE PITTSFIELD CEMETARY

A PORTRAIT

A RHYMED LESSON (URANIA)

A ROMAN AQUEDUCT

A SENTIMENT (1)

A SENTIMENT (2)

A SONG FOR THE CENTENIAL CELEBRATION OF HARVARD COLLEGE

A SONG OF OTHER DAYS

A SONG OF TWENTY-NINE

A SOUVENIR

A TOAST TO WILKIE COLLINS

A VOICE OF THE LOYAL NORTH

A WELCOME TO DR. BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD

ADDRESS FOR THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE

AESTIVATION

AFTER A LECTURE ON MOORE

AFTER A LECTURE ON SHELLEY

AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH

AFTER THE CURFEW

AFTER THE FIRE [NOVEMBER 9, 1872]

AGNES

ALBUM VERSES

ALL HERE

AMERICA TO RUSSIA

AMERICAN ACADEMY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

AN AFTER DINNER POEM (TERPSICHORE)

AN APPEAL FOR 'THE OLD SOUTH'

AN EVENING THOUGHT; WRITTEN AT SEA

AN IMPROMPTU; ... FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE GREAT ORGAN

AN IMPROMPTU; NOT PREMEDITATED

AN OLD-YEAR SONG

ARMY HYMN; 'OLD HUNDRED'

AT A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL; TO J.R. LOWELL

AT A DINNER TO ADMIRAL FARRAGUT

AT A DINNER TO GENERAL GRANT

AT A MEETING OF FRIENDS

AT MY FIRESIDE

AT THE 'ATLANTIC DINNER'

AT THE BANQUET TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY

AT THE BANQUET TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS

AT THE BANQUET TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY

AT THE CLOSE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES

AT THE PANTOMIME

AT THE PAPYRUS CLUB

AT THE SATURDAY CLUB

AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD

AT THE UNITARIAN FESTIVAL

AUNT TABITHA; THE YOUNG GIRL'S POEM

AVE

AVIS

BENJAMIN PEIRCE; ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN

BOSTON TO FLORENCE

BRYANT'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY

BUT ONE TALENT

CHANSON WITHOUT MUSIC

CHURCH BELLS

CITY AND COUNTRY

CONTENTMENT; 'MAN WANTS BUT LITTLE HERE BELOW'

DAILY TRIALS, BY A SENSITIVE MAN

DE SAUTY; AN ELCTRO-CHEMICAL ECLOGUE

DEPARTED DAYS

EDWARD EVERETT ('OUR FIRST CITIZEN'); MEMORIAL VERSES

EPILOGUE TO THE BREAKFAST-TABLE SERIES

EVEN-SONG

EVENING, BY A TAILOR

EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM: A PORTRAIT

EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM: A SENTIMENT

EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM: THE STABILITY OF SCIENCE

F.W.C.

FANTASIA; THE YOUNG GIRL'S POEM

FAREWELL TO J. R. LOWELL

FOR CLASS MEETING

FOR SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN; MEMORIAL VERSES

FOR THE BURNS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

FOR THE CENTENNIAL DINNER

FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICES; MEMORIAL VERSES

FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CITY LIBRARY, BOSTON

FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB

FOR THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SANITARY ASSOCIAITON

FOR THE MOORE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

FOR THE WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S

FOR WHITTIER'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY

FRANCIS PARKMAN

FREEDOM, OUR QUEEN

FROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNAL

GOD SAVE THE FLAG

H.C.M. H.S. J.K.W

HARVARD

HOMESICK IN HEAVEN

HOW NOT TO SETTLE IT

HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET

HUMBOLDT'S BIRTHDAY; CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

HYMN - THE WORD OF PROMISE

HYMN AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

HYMN AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF CHARLES SUMNER

HYMN FOR THE CLASS-MEETING

HYMN FOR THE DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL HALL AT CAMBRIDGE

HYMN FOR THE FAIR AT CHICAGO

HYMN FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE OF .. ANDREW HINGHAM

HYMN FOR THE SAME OCCASION

HYMN OF PEACE

HYMN READ AT DEDICATION OF THE OLIVER W. HOLMES HOSPITAL

HYMN WRITTEN FOR ... BOSTON YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN UNION

HYMN WRITTEN FOR THE GREAT CENTRAL FAIR IN PHILADELPHIA

HYMN: CELEBRATION LAYING CORNER-STONE HARVARD MEMORIAL HALL

I LIKE YOU AND I LOVE YOU

ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE; A SPANISH GIRL IN REVERIE

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM, JR.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ROBERT WARE

IN MEMORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

IN RESPONSE

IN THE TWILIGHT

INTERNATIONAL ODE; OUR FATHER'S LAND

INVITA MINERVA

IRIS, HER BOOK

J.D.R.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

JOSEPH WARREN, M.D

KING'S CHAPEL

L'INCONNUE

LA GRISETTE

LA MAISON D'OR (BAR HARBOR)

LATTER-DAY WARNINGS

LIMERICK

LINES

LINES BY A CLERK

MANY THINGS

MARE RUBRUM

MARTHA; DIED JANUARY 7, 1861

MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD COLLEGE

MIDSUMMER

MUSA

MY ANNUAL

MY AVIARY

NEARING THE SNOW LINE

NEVER OR NOW; AN APPEAL

NEW HAIL COLUMBIA

NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME

NON-RESISTANCE

NUX POSTCOENATICA

ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

OLD CAMBRIDGE

ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD

ON THE THRESHOLD

ONCE MORE

ONE COUNTRY

OPENING THE WINDOW

OUR BANKER

OUR DEAD SINGER

OUR HOME - OUR COUNTRY

OUR HYMN

OUR INDIAN SUMMER

OUR LIMITATIONS

OUR OLDEST FRIEND

OUR SWEET SINGER

OUR YANKEE GIRLS

PARSON TURELL'S LEGACY; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIR

PARTING HYMN; 'DUNDEE'

POEM FOR THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY - FOUNDING OF HARVARD COLLEGE

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

POEM: AT CENTENNIAL DINNER OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY

POEM: AT THE DEDICATION OF THE HALLECK MONUMENT

POEM: READ AT THE DINNER GIVEN BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

POETRY. A METRICAL ESSAY

POSTPRANDIAL

PRELUDE

PRELUDE TO A VOLUME PRINTED IN RAISED LETTERS FOR THE BLIND

PROGRAMME

PROLOGUE TO SONGS IN MANY KEYS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN

REMEMBER - FORGET

RHYMES OF A LIFE-TIME

RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.

ROBINSON OF LEYDEN

SEMI-CENTENIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY

SHAKESPEARE; TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

SONG FOR A TEMPERANCE DINNER TO WHICH LADIES WERE INVITED

SONG WRITTEN FOR THE DINNER GIVEN TO CHARLES DICKENS

SPRING

SPRING HAS COME

ST. ANTHONY THE REFORMER; HIS TEMPTATION

STANZAS

SUN AND SHADOW

TARTARUS

THE ANGEL-THIEF

THE ARCHBISHOP AND GIL BLAS

THE BANKER'S SECRET

THE BELLS

THE BROKEN CIRCLE

THE BROOMSTICK TRAIN; OR THE RETURN OF THE WITCHES

THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD

THE COMET

THE COMING ERA

THE CROOKED FOOTPATH

THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE

THE DILEMMA

THE DYING SENECA

THE EXILE'S SECRET

THE FIRST FAN

THE FLANEUR; BOSTON COMMON, DURING THE TRANSIT OF VENUS

THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

THE FRANKLAND MISSION

THE GIRDLE OF FRIENDSHIP

THE GOLDEN FLOWER

THE GRAY CHIEF; FOR MEETING OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC.

THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS

THE HOT SEASON

THE HUDSON

THE IRON GATE

THE ISLAND HUNTING-SONG

THE LAST BLOSSOM

THE LAST CHARGE

THE LAST LOOK; W.W. SWAIN

THE LAST PROPHECY OF CASSANDRA

THE LAST READER

THE LAST SURVIVOR

THE LOVER'S SECRET

THE LYRE OF ANACREON

THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS

THE MIND'S DIET

THE MORAL BULLY

THE MORNING VISIT

THE MOTHER'S SECRET

THE MUSIC-GRINDERS

THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

THE NEW EDEN; MEETING OF BERKSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETRY

THE OLD CRUISER

THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA; A NIGHTMARE DREAM BY DAYLIGHT

THE OLD PLAYER

THE OLD TUNE; THIRTY-SIXTH VARIATION

THE ONLY DAUGHTER

THE OPENING OF THE PIANO

THE ORGAN-BLOWER

THE PARTING SONG; FESTIVAL OF THE ALUMNI

THE PARTING WORD

THE PEAU DE CHAGRIN OF STATE STREET

THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE

THE PILGRIM'S VISION

THE POET'S LOT

THE PROMISE

THE ROSE AND THE FERN

THE SCHOOL BOY

THE SECRET OF THE STARS

THE SEPTEMBER GALE

THE SHADOWS

THE SHIP OF STATE; A SENTIMENT

THE SILENT MELODY

THE SMILING LISTNER

THE SPECTRE PIG

THE STAR AND THE WATER LILY

THE STATESMAN'S SECRET

THE STEAMBOAT

THE STETHOSCOPE SONG; A PROFESSIONAL BALLAD

THE STRONG HEROIC LINES

THE STUDY

THE SWEET LITTLE MAN; DEDICATED TO THE STAY-AT-HOME RANGERS

THE TOADSTOOL

THE TREADMILL SONG

THE TWO ARMIES

THE TWO STREAMS

THE WASP AND THE HORNET

TO A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER

TO A CAGED LION

TO AN ENGLISH FRIEND

TO CANAAN; A PURITAN WAR-SONG

TO CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG

TO FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE

TO GEORGE PEABODY

TO GOVERNOR SWAIN

TO H. W. LONGFELLOW; BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE TO EUROPE

TO JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE

TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1)

TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (2)

TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER; ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY

TO MY COMPANIONS

TO MY OLD READERS

TO MY READERS

TO RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES

TO THE ELEVEN LADIES WHO PRESENTED ME WITH SILVER LOVING CUP

TO THE POETS WHO ONLY READ AND LISTEN

TO THE PORTRAIT OF 'A GENTLEMAN', IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY

TO THE PORTRAIT OF 'A LADY', IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY

TO THE TEACHERS OF AMERICA

TOO YOUNG FOR LOVE

TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: 1. AT THE SUMMIT

TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: 2. THE WORLD'S HOMAGE

TWO SONNETS: HARVARD. 1. 'CHRISTO ET ECCLESIAE,' 1700

TWO SONNETS: HARVARD. 2. 1643 'VERITAS' 1878

UNDER THE WASHINGTON ELM, CAMBRIDGE

UNION AND LIBERTY

UNSATISFIED

VERSES FOR AFTER-DINNER

VESTIGA QUINQUE RETRORSUM; AN ACADEMIC POEM, 1829-1879

VIVE LA FRANCE

VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP UNION

WELCOME TO THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL CLUB

WELCOME TO THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS

WELCOME TO THE NATIONS

WHAT I HAVE COME FOR

WHAT WE ALL THINK

WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS

YOUTH

DEAL GENTLY WITH US, YE WHO READ!

FATHER OF ALL! IN DEATH'S RELENTLESS CLAIM

FREEDOM! SWEET FREEDOM! OUR VOICES RESOUND

GOD BLESS THE ANCIENT PURITANS

I HAVE NEVER DEEMED IT SIN TO GLADDEN THIS VALE OF

LIVING, THOU DOST NOT LIVE

O WHAT ARE THE PRIZES WE PERISH TO WIN

OF CHURCH ATTENDANCE: THERE IS A LITTLE PLANT CALLED

RUN IF YOU LIKE, BUT TRY TO KEEP YOUR BREATH

STRIVE WITH THE WANDERER FROM THE BETTER PATH

PLEASURES THOU HAST PLANNED

THEN AS TO FEASTING, IT DOESN'T AGREE WITH ME

WHEN WE PLANT A TREE WE ARE DOING

WHERE WE LOVE IS HOME

RESPONSE TO A TOAST

ASTRAEA: THE BALANCE OF ILLUSIONS

ETERNAL TRUTH

FAITH SHALL BUILD A FAIRER THRONE

FIRST APPEARANCE IN TYPE

HOPE

IN THINE ARMS

IRIS, SELS.

OF A PORTRAIT

ONE KINDLY DEED MAY TURN.

PERSEVERANCE

POESY

PROLOGUE

QUESTIONS

TAILOR'S SOLILOQUY, SELS.

TALKS AND TREES

BEST ROOM'

EARTH-BORN SAINT

OLD AMATI

REAL TREE

SCHOOLBOY

TATTERED ENSIGN

UNION

TREE PLANTING

VIRTUE

WORDS ON LANGUAGE

YOUTH IN OUR HEARTS



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