



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 EVERETT'S INAUGURATION
     THE PARTING WORD
     A SONG OF OTHER DAYS
     SONG FOR A TEMPERANCE DINNER TO WHICH LADIES WERE INVITED
          (NEW YORK MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, NOVEMBER, 1842)
     A SENTIMENT
     A RHYMED LESSON (URANIA)
     AN AFTER-DINNER POEM (TERPSICHORE)

MEDICAL POEMS:
     THE MORNING VISIT
     THE TWO ARMIES
     THE STETHOSCOPE SONG
     EXTRACTS FROM A MEDICAL POEM
     A POEM FOR THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
     AT NEW YORK, MAY 5, 1853
     A SENTIMENT
     RIP VAN WINKLE, M. D.

SONGS IN MANY KEYS (1849-1861)
     PROLOGUE
     AGNES
     THE PLOUGHMAN
     SPRING
     THE STUDY
     THE BELLS
     NON-RESISTANCE
     THE MORAL BULLY
     THE MIND'S DIET
     OUR LIMITATIONS
     THE OLD PLAYER
     A POEM DEDICATION OF THE PITTSFIELD CEMETERY, SEPTEMBER 9,1850
     TO GOVERNOR SWAIN
     TO AN ENGLISH FRIEND
     AFTER A LECTURE ON WORDSWORTH
     AFTER A LECTURE ON MOORE
     AFTER A LECTURE ON KEATS
     AFTER A LECTURE ON SHELLEY
     AT THE CLOSE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES
     THE HUDSON
     THE NEW EDEN
     SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY,
     NEW YORK, DECEMBER 22,1855
     FAREWELL TO J. R. LOWELL
     FOR THE MEETING OF THE BURNS CLUB, 1856
     ODE FOR WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
     BIRTHDAY OF DANIEL WEBSTER
     THE VOICELESS
     THE TWO STREAMS
     THE PROMISE
     AVIS
     THE LIVING TEMPLE
     AT A BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL: TO J. R. LOWELL
     A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO J. F. CLARKE
     THE GRAY CHIEF
     THE LAST LOOK: W. W. SWAIN
     IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM, JR.
     MARTHA
     MEETING OF THE ALUMNI OF HARVARD COLLEGE
     THE PARTING SONG
     FOR THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SANITARY ASSOCIATION
     FOR THE