Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems on Light (69 Poems)
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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 met:That joyous gathering who can e’er forget,When Harvard’s nurslings, scattered far and wide,Through mart and village, lake’s and ocean’s side,Came, … Continue reading
Astraea: The Balance Of Illusions (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
WHAT secret charm, long whispering in mine ear,Allures, attracts, compels, and chains me here,Where murmuring echoes call me to resignTheir sacred haunts to sweeter lips than mine;Where silent pathways pierce the solemn shade,In whose still depths my feet have never … Continue reading
The School-Boy (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THESE hallowed precincts, long to memory dear,Smile with fresh welcome as our feet draw near;With softer gales the opening leaves are fanned,With fairer hues the kindling flowers expand,The rose-bush reddens with the blush of June,The groves are vocal with their … Continue reading
An After-Dinner Poem (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
(TERPSICHORE) Read at the Annual Dinner of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, atCambridge, August 24, 1843. IN narrowest girdle, O reluctant Muse,In closest frock and Cinderella shoes,Bound to the foot-lights for thy brief display,One zephyr step, and then dissolve away! … Continue reading
The Banker’s Secret (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THE Banker’s dinner is the stateliest feastThe town has heard of for a year, at least;The sparry lustres shed their broadest blaze,Damask and silver catch and spread the rays;The florist’s triumphs crown the daintier spoilWon from the sea, the forest, … Continue reading
Poem At The Centennial Anniversary Dinner Of The Massachusetts Medical Society (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
JUNE 8, 1881 THREE paths there be where Learning’s favored sons,Trained in the schools which hold her favored ones,Follow their several stars with separate aim;Each has its honors, each its special claim.Bred in the fruitful cradle of the East,First, as … Continue reading
Vestigia Quinque Retrorsum (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
AN ACADEMIC POEM 1829-1879 Read at the Commencement Dinner of the Alumni of HarvardUniversity, June 25, 1879. WHILE fond, sad memories all around us throng,Silence were sweeter than the sweetest song;Yet when the leaves are green and heaven is blue,The … Continue reading
At The Saturday Club (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THIS is our place of meeting; oppositeThat towered and pillared building: look at it;King’s Chapel in the Second George’s day,Rebellion stole its regal name away,–Stone Chapel sounded better; but at lastThe poisoned name of our provincial pastHad lost its ancient … Continue reading
The Mother’s Secret (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
How sweet the sacred legend–if unblamedIn my slight verse such holy things are named–Of Mary’s secret hours of hidden joy,Silent, but pondering on her wondrous boy!Ave, Maria! Pardon, if I wrongThose heavenly words that shame my earthly song!The choral host … Continue reading
The Old Player (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THE curtain rose; in thunders long and loudThe galleries rung; the veteran actor bowed.In flaming line the telltales of the stageShowed on his brow the autograph of age;Pale, hueless waves amid his clustered hair,And umbered shadows, prints of toil and … Continue reading
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