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The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete - cover

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Publisher: Good Press

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This book is a complete collection of poems written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the 'Breakfast-Table' series, which began with 'The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table'. Some of the featured titles include 'The Dilemma', 'My Aunt', 'The Comet', and 'The Last Reader'. Here's an excerpt from 'The Dilemma': "Now, by the blessed Paphian queen / Who heaves the breast of sweet sixteen / By every name I cut on bark / Before my morning star grew dark."
Available since: 12/05/2019.
Print length: 511 pages.

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