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May 13, 2024 · “Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was first published in 1830 in the Boston Daily Advertiser, and later it appeared in his first poetry collection, Poems, in 1836. This iconic poem is renowned for its patriotic fervor and stirring language.
May 15, 2024 · The world seems poor, of thee bereft; The evening sky without the sun; The setting, not the gem, is left; The frame remains, the picture gone. As birds that float on heavenward wing, Unseen, the air with music fill,— Singing, they soar, and, soaring, sing,— Thy broken harp yields music still.
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4 days ago · Olver Wendell Holmes was just 21 when he penned his most memorable poem. It certainly saved the USS Constitutioni, but that salvation took 100 years. One of the nation's best loved patriotic poems first appeared in 1830 when the victorious frigate was only 33 years old and headed for the scrap heap. VISIT our Ironsides section for more.
May 17, 2024 · The Ballad Of The Oysterman. IT was a tall young oysterman lived by the river -side, His shop was just upon the bank, his boat was on the tide; The daughter of a fisherman, that was so straight and slim, Lived over on the other bank, right opposite to him.
Apr 30, 2024 · I wanted to be done with distractions and “maybe one days,” in the spirit of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., who said, “For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn’t give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have.”
2 days ago · American author and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. draws on his medical background to lend credence to the creepy central premise of his novel Elsie Venner. When a woman suffers a snakebite during pregnancy, the trauma leads to unforeseen -- and horrific -- consequences.
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