Poetry of Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Title: The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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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 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