Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems

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71.
A Noontide Lyric

THE dinner-bell, the dinner-bell
Is ringing loud and clear;
Through hill and plain, through street and lane,
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72.
A Poem Served To Order

THE Caliph ordered up his cook,
And, scowling with a fearful look
That meant,--We stand no gammon,--
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73.
At The Banquet To The Grand Duke Alexis

ONE word to the guest we have gathered to greet!
The echoes are longing that word to repeat,--
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74.
Lucy

'Lucy.'--The old familiar name
Is now, as always, pleasant,
Its liquid melody the same
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75.
After The Fire

WHILE far along the eastern sky
I saw the flags of Havoc fly,
As if his forces would assault
The sovereign of the starry vault
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76.
The Last Blossom

THOUGH young no more, we still would dream
Of beauty's dear deluding wiles;
The leagues of life to graybeards seem
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77.
The Last Look

BEHOLD--not him we knew!
This was the prison which his soul looked through,
Tender, and brave, and true.
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78.
Evening. By A Tailor

Day hath put on his jacket, and around
His burning bosom buttoned it with stars.
Here will I lay me on the velvet grass,
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79.
I Like You And I Love You

I LIKE YOU Met I LOVE You, face to face;
The path was narrow, and they could not pass.
I LIKE YOU smiled; I LOVE YOU cried, Alas!
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80.
Midsummer

HERE! sweep these foolish leaves away,
I will not crush my brains to-day!
Look! are the southern curtains drawn?
Fetch me a fan, and so begone!
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