Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894 / United States)
Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes
| 1. | A Ballad Of The Boston Tea-Party | 4/6/2010 |
| 2. | A Birthday Tribute | 4/6/2010 |
| 3. | A Familiar Letter | 12/31/2002 |
| 4. | A Family Record | 4/6/2010 |
| 5. | A Farewell to Agassiz | 12/31/2002 |
| 6. | A Good Time Going! | 4/6/2010 |
| 7. | A Hymn Of Peace | 4/6/2010 |
| 8. | A Loving-Cup Song | 4/6/2010 |
| 9. | A Memorial tribute | 4/6/2010 |
| 10. | A Noontide Lyric | 4/6/2010 |
| 11. | A Parody on “A Psalm of Life” | 5/24/2003 |
| 12. | A Parting Health | 4/6/2010 |
| 13. | A Poem For The Meeting Of The American Medical Association At New York, May 5, 1853 | 4/6/2010 |
| 14. | A Poem Served To Order | 4/6/2010 |
| 15. | A Poem. Dedication of the Pittsfield Cemetery | 4/6/2010 |
| 16. | A Portrait | 4/6/2010 |
| 17. | A Rhymed Lesson (Urania) | 4/6/2010 |
| 18. | A Roman Aqueduct | 4/6/2010 |
| 19. | A Sea Dialogue | 4/6/2010 |
| 20. | A Sentiment | 4/6/2010 |
The Opening of the Piano
IN the little southern parlor of tbe house you may have seen
With the gambrel-roof, and the gable looking westward to the green,
At the side toward the sunset, with the window on its right,
Stood the London-made piano I am dreaming of to-night!
Ah me! how I remember the evening when it came!
What a cry of eager voices, what a group of cheeks in flame,
When the wondrous box was opened that had come from over seas,
With its smell of mastic-varnish and i
