Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Sun-Day Hymn
... Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, ...
"Qui Vive?"
... That girds yon sceptred trembler's throne ...
"Lucy"
... What dreams of childhood's fleeting morn, ...
Reflections of a Proud Pedestrian
... And I knew that he thought he was cutting a dash, ...
Ode For Washingtons Birthday
... CELEBRATION OF THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, ...
Avis
... Snatched from the whirlpoolâs narrowing flow ...
The Hot Season
... You scarce could tell them from their friends, ...
After A Lecture On Shelley
... Come, wandering sail, they watch, they burn for thee! ...
Parting Hymn
... From blasts that chill, from suns that smite, ...
The Old Cruiser
... But stay by your ship till you all go down!" ...
To Frederick Henry Hedge
... With a bronze statuette of John of Bologna's Mercury, ...
In Response
... If you hear the heart's throb with their eloquence blended, ...
After A Lecture On Moore
... Whose breath has lent your earth-born flowers ...
Two Poems To Harriet Beecher Stowe
... We who have climbed life's slippery Alpine slope, ...
Astraea: The Balance Of Illusions
... Yet there are truths, like schoolmates, once well known, ...
