



Produced by David Widger





                           THE POETICAL WORKS

                                   OF

                         OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

                 [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set]




                             THE IRON GATE

                            AND OTHER POEMS

                               1877-1881




     THE IRON GATE
     VESTIGIA QUINQUE RETRORSUM
     MY AVIARY
     ON THE THRESHOLD
     TO GEORGE PEABODY
     AT THE PAPYRUS CLUB
     FOR WHITTIER'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
     TWO SONNETS: HARVARD
     THE COMING ERA
     IN RESPONSE
     FOR THE MOORE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
     TO JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE
     WELCOME TO THE CHICAGO COMMERCIAL CLUB
     AMERICAN ACADEMY CENTENNIAL CELE