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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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Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline

...   They may fight till the buzzards are gorged with their spoil, ...

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F. W. C.

... Till Friendship faltered, 'Thou mayst die' ...

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Unsatisfied

... There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters ...

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Bryant’s Seventieth Birthday

... Nature so Holds their soft hands, and will not let them go, ...

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"Ad Amicos"

... There's you, yourself--there 's you, that other-- ...

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The Bells

... Clangs through the silence from the steeple’s throat, ...

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Lexington

... As through the storm-clouds the thunder-burst rolling, ...

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A Hymn Of Peace

... Roll its long surge like the-earth-shaking main! ...

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A Poem. For the AMA at New York, 1853

... Distinguished for their—­what d’ ye call ’em—­ ...

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America To Russia

... Those clustered lamps of Heaven that burn ...

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International Ode

... Lord, let War's tempest cease, ...

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A Toast To Wilkie Collins

... What scenes from Wilkie's pencil sprung, ...

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The Island Hunting-Song

... The driver’s horn is sounding shrill,—­ ...

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The Last Reader

... Nor deem that flattery’s needless wile ...

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Welcome To The Chicago Commercial Club

... You have seen our gilt dome, and no doubt you've been told ...