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THE POETICAL WORKS - OF - OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
SONGS OF MANY SEASONS
OPENING THE WINDOW PROGRAMME - IN THE QUIET DAYS AN OLD-YEAR SONG DOROTHY Q: A FAMILY PORTRAIT THE ORGAN-BLOWER AT THE PANTOMIME AFTER THE FIRE A BALLAD OF THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY NEARING THE SNOW-LINE - IN WAR TIME TO CANAAN: A PURITAN WAR-SONG "THUS SAITH THE LORD, I OFFER THEE THREE THINGS" NEVER OR NOW ONE COUNTRY GOD SAVE THE FLAG! HYMN AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION HYMN FOR THE FAIR AT CHICAGO UNDER THE WASHINGTON ELM, CAMBRIDGE FREEDOM, OUR QUEEN ARMY HYMN PARTING HYMN THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY THE SWEET LITTLE MAN UNION AND LIBERTY
MEMORIAL VERSES FOR THE SERVICES IN MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BOSTON, 1865 FOR THE COMMEMORATION SERVICES, CAMBRIDGE JULY 21, 1865 EDWARD EVERETT: JANUARY 30, 1865 SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, APRIL 23, 1864 IN MEMORY OF JOHN AND ROBERT WARE, MAY 25, 1864 HUMBOLDT'S BIRTHDAY: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, SEPTEMBER 14, 1869 POEM AT THE DEDICATION OF THE HALLECK MONUMENT, JULY 8, 1869 HYMN FOR THE CELEBRATION AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF HARVARD MEMORIAL HALL, CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 6, 1870 HYMN FOR THE DEDICATION OF MEMORIAL HALL AT CAMBRIDGE, 1874 HYMN AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES OF CHARLES SUMNER, APRIL 29, 1874
OPENING THE WINDOW
PROGRAMME
IN THE QUIET DAYS - AN OLD-YEAR SONG
THE ORGAN-BLOWER
AT THE PANTOMIME
AFTER THE FIRE
A lively anthology that gathers a dozen years of verse, this volume offers everything from bright “old‑year” songs and celebratory banquet odes to solemn memorial pieces for figures like Lincoln and Sumner. The poems drift across seasons, war fronts, diplomatic receptions, and quiet domestic moments, each stamped with the rhythm of mid‑nineteenth‑century American life.
The poet’s voice moves between gentle humor, patriotic fervor, and reflective melancholy, often framing his thoughts as a window opened to the world beyond. Listeners will hear the playful flutter of “winged verses” alongside the weightier tones of wartime sonnets and hymns of emancipation, all rendered in a style that balances formal lyricism with a conversational ease.
Whether you’re drawn to the bustling energy of a Boston banquet, the quiet dignity of a memorial hymn, or the simple charm of a seasonal song, the collection invites a stroll through a richly textured literary landscape, letting each stanza reveal a different facet of the era’s hopes and hardships.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (105K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-09-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1809–1894
A doctor, essayist, and poet, he brought sharp wit and warm intelligence to 19th-century American literature. Best known for works like The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table and the poem "Old Ironsides," he moved easily between the worlds of medicine and letters.
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