Poem For The Two Hundred And Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Founding Of Harvard College (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
TWICE had the mellowing sun of autumn crownedThe hundredth circle of his yearly round,When, as we meet to-day, our fathers ...
TWICE had the mellowing sun of autumn crownedThe hundredth circle of his yearly round,When, as we meet to-day, our fathers ...
WHAT secret charm, long whispering in mine ear,Allures, attracts, compels, and chains me here,Where murmuring echoes call me to resignTheir ...
THESE hallowed precincts, long to memory dear,Smile with fresh welcome as our feet draw near;With softer gales the opening leaves ...
JUNE 8, 1881THREE paths there be where Learning's favored sons,Trained in the schools which hold her favored ones,Follow their several ...
WOODSTOCK, CONN., JULY 4, 1877NOT to myself this breath of vesper song,Not to these patient friends, this kindly throng,Not to ...
YE that have faced the billows and the sprayOf good St. Botolph's island-studded bay,As from the gliding bark your eye ...
AN ACADEMIC POEM1829-1879Read at the Commencement Dinner of the Alumni of HarvardUniversity, June 25, 1879.WHILE fond, sad memories all around ...
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 3, 1873HANG out our banners on the stately towerIt dawns at last--the long-expected hour!The steep is climbed, ...
OR, THE PRESIDENT'S OLD ARM-CHAIRA MATHEMATICAL STORYFACTS respecting an old arm-chair.At Cambridge. Is kept in the College there.Seems but little ...
ANGEL of Death! extend thy silent reign!Stretch thy dark sceptre o'er this new domainNo sable car along the winding roadHas ...
A sick man's chamber, though it often boastThe grateful presence of a literal toast,Can hardly claim, amidst its various wealth,The ...
You know "The Teacups," that congenial setWhich round the Teapot you have often met;The grave DICTATOR, him you knew of ...
NOT bed-time yet! The night-winds blow,The stars are out,--full well we knowThe nurse is on the stair,With hand of ice ...
"Will I come?" That is pleasant! I beg to inquireIf the gun that I carry has ever missed fire?And which ...
CAMBRIDGE, JULY 21, 1865FOUR summers coined their golden light in leaves,Four wasteful autumns flung them to the gale,Four winters wore ...
COME, spread your wings, as I spread mine,And leave the crowded hallFor where the eyes of twilight shineO'er evening's western ...
A PROLOGUE? Well, of course the ladies know,--I have my doubts. No matter,--here we go!What is a Prologue? Let our ...
MAY 26, 1880SIRE, son, and grandson; so the century glides;Three lives, three strides, three foot-prints in the sand;Silent as midnight's ...
THIS is your month, the month of "perfect days,"Birds in full song and blossoms all ablaze.Nature herself your earliest welcome ...
I.FALLEN with autumn's falling leafEre yet his summer's noon was past,Our friend, our guide, our trusted chief,--What words can match ...
DEDICATED TO THE STAY-AT-HOME RANGERSNow, while our soldiers are fighting our battles,Each at his post to do all that he ...
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,OCTOBER 4, 1849CLEAR the brown path, to meet his coulter's gleam!Lo! on he comes, behind ...
September 16, 1823 - November 8, 1893HE rests from toil; the portals of the tombClose on the last of those ...
THE summer dawn is breakingOn Auburn's tangled bowers,The golden light is wakingOn Harvard's ancient towers;The sun is in the skyThat ...
I PRAY thee by the soul of her that bore thee,By thine own sister's spirit I implore thee,Deal gently with ...
A NIGHTMARE DREAM BY DAYLIGHTDo you know the Old Man of the Sea, of the Sea?Have you met with that ...
READER--gentle--if so beSuch still live, and live for me,Will it please you to be toldWhat my tenscore pages hold?Here are ...
FOR HIS "JUBILAEUM" AT BERLIN, NOVEMBER 5, 1868THOU who hast taught the teachers of mankindHow from the least of things ...
I GIVE you the health of the oldest friendThat, short of eternity, earth can lend,--A friend so faithful and tried ...
BY THE PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DEAD AND LIVE LANGUAGESPHI BETA KAPPA.--CAMBRIDGE, 1867You bid me sing,--can I forgetThe classic ode of ...
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