



Produced by David Widger





                           THE POETICAL WORKS

                                  OF

                         OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

                        [1893 three volume set]



CONTENTS:

TO MY READERS

EARLIER POEMS (1830-1836).
     OLD IRONSIDES
     THE LAST LEAF
     THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD
     TO AN INSECT
     THE DILEMMA
     MY AUNT
     REFLECTIONS OF A PROUD PEDESTRIAN
     DAILY TRIALS, BY A SENSITIVE MAN
     EVENING, BY A TAILOR
     THE DORCHESTER GIANT
     TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A LADY"
     THE COMET
     THE Music-GRINDERS
     THE TREADMILL SONG
     THE SEPTEMBER GALE
     THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS
     THE LAST READER
     POETRY: A METRICAL ESSAY

ADDITIONAL POEMS (1837-1848):
     THE PILGRIM'S VISION
     THE STEAMBOAT
     LEXINGTON
     ON LENDING A PUNCH BOWL
     A SONG FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF HARVARD COLLEGE,
     THE ISLAND HUNTING-SONG
     DEPARTED DAYS
     THE ONLY DAUGHTER
     SONG WRITTEN FOR THE DINNER GIVEN TO CHARLES
     DICKENS, BY THE YOUNG MEN OF BOSTON, FEBRUARY 1, 1842
     LINES RECITED AT THE BERKSHIRE JUBILEE
     NUX POSTCOENATICA
     VERSES FOR AFTER-DINNER
     A MODEST REQUEST, COMPLIED WITH AFTER THE
     DINNER AT PRESIDENT