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Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
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A Familiar Letter
YES, write, if you want to, there's nothing like trying;
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A Farewell to Agassiz
How the mountains talked together,
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Bill and Joe
COME, dear old comrade, you and I
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Brother Jonathan's Lament
SHE has gone,-- she has left us in passion and pride,--
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Contentment
LITTLE I ask; my wants are few;
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Dorothy Q.
GRANDMOTHER's mother: her age, I guess,
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For the Moore Centennial Celebration
ENCHANTER of Erin, whose magic has bound us,
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Martha
SEXTON! Martha's dead and gone;
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My Aviary
THROUGH my north window, in the wintry weather,--
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Poem (Halleck monument dedication)
SAY not the Poet dies!
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Sun and Shadow
As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green,
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The Boys
HAS there any old fellow got mixed with the boys?
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The Chambered Nautilus
THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
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The Dorchester Giant
THERE was a giant in time of old,
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The Flower of Liberty
WHAT flower is this that greets the morn,
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The Height of the Ridiculous
I WROTE some lines once on a time
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The Iron Gate
WHERE is this patriarch you are kindly greeting?
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The Last Leaf
I saw him once before,
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The Living Temple
NOT in the world of light alone,
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The Old Man Dreams
OH for one hour of youthful joy!
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The Opening of the Piano
IN the little southern parlor of tbe house you may have seen
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The Organ-Blower
DEVOUTEST of my Sunday friends,
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The September Gale
I'M not a chicken; I have seen
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The Silent Melody
"BRING me my broken harp," he said;
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The Voiceless
WE count the broken lyres that rest
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Under the Violets
HER hands are cold; her face is white;
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Union and Liberty
FLAG of the heroes who left us their glory,
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Æstivation
In candent ire the solar splendor flames;
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