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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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The Voiceless

... But die with all their music in them!Nay, grieve not for the dead alone ...

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Brother Jonathan's Lament

... And the shark tracks the pirate, the lord of the waves:In vain is the strife! When its fury is past, ...

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The Iron Gate

... Life's flow less noisy, but the stream how deep!Still as the silver cord gets worn and slender, ...

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Martha

... Toll the bell!Sexton! Martha's dead and gone ...

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Daily Trials by a Sensitive Man

... Men, plugless word-spouts, whose deep fountains are ...

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Cacoethes Scribendi

... every sea Were changed to ink, and all earth's living tribes ...

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The September Gale

... For me two storms were brewing!It came as quarrels sometimes do, ...

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My Aviary

... Flop! Splash! his white breast glistens-- down he goes!And while he's under-- just about a minute-- ...

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The Opening of the Piano

... c-varnish and its flash of ivory keys!Then the children all grew fretful in the restlessness of joy, ...

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The Living Temple

... Eternal wisdom still the same!The smooth, soft air with pulse-like waves ...

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But One Talent

... Let not what Heaven assigned thee bring thee blame ...

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The Organ-Blower

... And all the slumbering echoes wake!The Preacher from the Bible-text ...

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The Dorchester Giant

... Then he brought them a pudding stuffed with plums, ...

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For the Moore Centennial Celebration

... ile Shannon and Liffey shall dimple and smile,The land where the staff of Saint Patrick was planted, ...

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Æstivation

... That laves my milk-jug with celestial blue! Me wretched! Let me curr to quercine shades! ...