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Born in August 29, 1809 / Died in October 7, 1894 / United States / English

Poems by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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For The Services In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln

... With trembling lips our song of praise, ...

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Army Hymn

... Guard Thou its folds till Peace shall reign,-- ...

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How To Not Settle It

... 'Hold! hold!' they cried, 'give us, give us the daggers!' ...

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To Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

... In narrowest tubes the sovereign nerves are spun,-- ...

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The Steamboat

... An hour, and, whirled like winnowing chaff, ...

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American Academy Centennial Celebration

... Three lives, three strides, three foot-prints in the sand ...

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The Strong Heroic Line

...   In Goldsmith’s verse it learned a sweeter strain ...

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A Voice Of The Loyal North

... When once their slumbering passions burn, ...

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Evening. By a Tailor

... That sprig earth’s mantle,—­and yon quiet bird, ...

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Old Cambridge

... Whose heads are down, whose necks are bared ...

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The Rose And The Fern

... LADY, life's sweetest lesson wouldst thou learn, ...

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For Class Meeting

... approvingly, Was not so fairly wrought as those that Pilate's ...

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The Secret Of The Stars

... "Are all these worlds, that speed their circling flight, ...

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The Shadows

... There were speeches and toasts, there were stories and rhymes, ...

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Epilogue To The Breakfast-Table Series

... Where passion throbs, where friendship glows, ...