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244 The Voiceless 247 The Two Streams 248 The Promise 249 Avis 250 The Living Temple 252 At a Birthday Festival: to J. R. Lowell . . 254 A Birthday Tribute to J. F. Clarke . . 256 The Gray Chief 257 The Last Look: W. W. Swain .
244 The Voiceless 247 The Two Streams 248 The Promise 249 Avis 250 The Living Temple 252 At a Birthday Festival: to J. R. Lowell . . 254 A Birthday Tribute to J. F. Clarke . . 256 The Gray Chief 257 The Last Look: W. W. Swain .
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... And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has THE LAST LEAF III.
... And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has THE LAST LEAF III.
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Look where the turbid rain-drops stand In many a chiselled square ; The knightly crest, the shield, the brand Of honored names were there ; — Alas ! for every tear is dried Those blazoned tablets knew, Save when the icy marble's side ...
Look where the turbid rain-drops stand In many a chiselled square ; The knightly crest, the shield, the brand Of honored names were there ; — Alas ! for every tear is dried Those blazoned tablets knew, Save when the icy marble's side ...
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Gaze not upon his shield of jet, The shaft upon the string is set ; Look not beneath his azure veil, Though every limb were cased in mail. "Well, both might make a martyr break The chain that bound him to the stake ; And both, ...
Gaze not upon his shield of jet, The shaft upon the string is set ; Look not beneath his azure veil, Though every limb were cased in mail. "Well, both might make a martyr break The chain that bound him to the stake ; And both, ...
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I know it hurts her, — though she looks As cheerful as she can ; Her waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such a ...
I know it hurts her, — though she looks As cheerful as she can ; Her waist is ampler than her life, For life is but a span. My aunt ! my poor deluded aunt ! Her hair is almost gray ; Why will she train that winter curl In such a ...
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems 1 The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Author | Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Publisher | Reprint Services Corporation, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0781213916, 9780781213912 |
| Length | 474 pages |
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