



Produced by David Widger





                           THE POETICAL WORKS

                                   OF

                         OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

                 [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set]



                     VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO

          FROM THE "COLLEGIAN," 1830, ILLUSTRATED ANNUALS, ETC.




     FIRST VERSES: TRANSLATION FROM THE THE MEETING OF THE DRYADS
     THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR
     THE TOADSTOOL
     THE SPECTRE PIG
     TO A CAGED LION
     THE STAR AND THE WATER-LILY
     ILLUSTRATION OF A PICTURE: "A SPANISH GIRL REVERIE"
     A ROMAN AQUEDUCT
     FROM A BACHELOR'S PRIVATE JOURNAL
     LA GRISETTE
     OUR YANKEE GIRLS
     L'INCONNUE
     STANZAS
     LINES BY A CLERK
     THE PHILOSOPHER TO HIS LOVE
     THE POET'S LOT
     TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER
     TO THE PORTRAIT OF "A GENTLEMAN" IN THE ATHENAEUM GALLERY
     THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
     A NOONTIDE LYRIC
     THE HOT SEASON
     A PORTRAIT
     AN EVENING THOUGHT.  WRITTEN AT SEA
     THE WASP AND THE HORNET
     "QUI VIVE?"




VERSES FROM THE OLDEST PORTFOLIO

     Nescit vox missa reverti.--Horat. Ars Poetica.
     Ab lis qua non adjuvant