



Produced by David Widger





                           THE POETICAL WORKS

                                   OF

                         OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

                 [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set]




                            BEFORE THE CURFEW




     AT MY FIRESIDE
     AT THE SATURDAY CLUB
     OUR DEAD SINGER. H. W. L.
     TWO POEMS TO HARRIET BEECHER STOWE ON HER SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.
          I. AT THE SUMMIT
          II. THE WORLD'S HOMAGE
     A WELCOME TO DR. BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD
     TO FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
     TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
     TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
     PRELUDE TO A VOLUME PRINTED IN RAISED LETTERS
     FOR THE BLIND
     BOSTON TO FLORENCE
     AT THE UNITARIAN FESTIVAL, MARCH 8, 1882
     POEM FOR THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF
          HARVARD COLLEGE
     POST-PRANDIAL: PHI BETA KAPPA, 1881
     THE FLANEUR: DURING THE TRANSIT OF VENUS, 1882
     AVE
     KING'S CHAPEL READ AT THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
     HYMN FOR THE SAME OCCASION
     HYMN.--THE WORD OF PROMISE
     HYMN READ AT THE DEDICATION OF THE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES H