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 ...
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 ...
AN ACADEMIC POEM1829-1879Read at the Commencement Dinner of the Alumni of HarvardUniversity, June 25, 1879.WHILE fond, sad memories all around ...
WHAT ailed young Lucius? Art had vainly triedTo guess his ill, and found herself defied.The Augur plied his legendary skill;Useless; ...
A sick man's chamber, though it often boastThe grateful presence of a literal toast,Can hardly claim, amidst its various wealth,The ...
YES! the vacant chairs tell sadly we are going, going fast,And the thought comes strangely o'er me, who will live ...
You know "The Teacups," that congenial setWhich round the Teapot you have often met;The grave DICTATOR, him you knew of ...
Read at a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society.No! never such a draught was pouredSince Hebe served with nectarThe bright ...
COME, spread your wings, as I spread mine,And leave the crowded hallFor where the eyes of twilight shineO'er evening's western ...
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,OCTOBER 4, 1849CLEAR the brown path, to meet his coulter's gleam!Lo! on he comes, behind ...
THEY tell us that the Muse is soon to fly hence,Leaving the bowers of song that once were dear,Her robes ...
FOR HIS "JUBILAEUM" AT BERLIN, NOVEMBER 5, 1868THOU who hast taught the teachers of mankindHow from the least of things ...
1860WHAT makes the Healing Art divine?The bitter drug we buy and sell,The brands that scorch, the blades that shine,The scars ...
ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN. 1809-1890FOR him the Architect of allUnroofed our planet's starlit hall;Through voids unknown to worlds unseenHis clearer vision rose ...
TEACHERS of teachers! Yours the task,Noblest that noble minds can ask,High up Aonia's murmurous mount,To watch, to guard the sacred ...
I love all sights of earth and skies, From flowers that glow to stars that shine; The comet and the ...
THROUGH my north window, in the wintry weather,-- My airy oriel on the river shore,-- I watch the sea-fowl as ...
DEVOUTEST of my Sunday friends, The patient Organ-blower bends; I see his figure sink and rise, (Forgive me, Heaven, my ...
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