Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems

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21.
My Aviary

THROUGH my north window, in the wintry weather,--
My airy oriel on the river shore,--
I watch the sea-fowl as they flock together
Where late the boatman flashed his dripping oar.
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22.
A Sentiment

The pledge of Friendship! it is still divine,
Though watery floods have quenched its burning wine;
Whatever vase the sacred drops may hold,
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23.
Under The Violets

HER hands are cold; her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go;
Her eyes are shut to life and light;--
Fold the white vesture, snow on snow,
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24.
Brother Jonathan's Lament

SHE has gone,-- she has left us in passion and pride,--
Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side!
She has torn her own star from our firmament's glow,
And turned on her brother the face of a foe!
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25.
A Memorial Tribute

I.

LEADER of armies, Israel's God,
Thy soldier's fight is won!
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26.
A Ballad Of The Boston Tea-Party

No! never such a draught was poured
Since Hebe served with nectar
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27.
The Star And The Water Lily

THE SUN stepped down from his golden throne,
And lay in the silent sea,
And the Lily had folded her satin leaves,
For a sleepy thing was she;
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28.
Fantasia

KISS mine eyelids, beauteous Morn,
Blushing into life new-born!
Lend me violets for my hair,
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29.
Poem (Halleck Monument Dedication)

SAY not the Poet dies!
Though in the dust he lies,
He cannot forfeit his melodious breath,
Unsphered by envious death!
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30.
The Voiceless

WE count the broken lyres that rest
Where the sweet wailing singers slumber,
But o'er their silent sister's breast
The wild-flowers who will stoop to number?
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