Poems List
The preacher’s garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.
Poverty comes pleading, not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.
Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.
True poetry, the best of it, is but the ashes of a burnt-out passion.
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When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
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An artist who works in marble or colors has them all to himself and his tribe, but the man who moulds his thought in verse has to employ the materials vulgarized by everybody's use, and glorify them by his handling.
The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.
The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one’s way of taking a fact.
There is nothing like the dead cold hand of the Past to take down our tumid egotism and lead us into the solemn flow of the life of our race.
The only condition of peace in this world is to have no ideas, or, at least, not to express them.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was born on August 18, 1809, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A graduate of Harvard Medical School in 1836, he became a respected physician, professor, and writer. His medical career was marked by groundbreaking discoveries, including his pioneering research on the cause of puerperal fever, in which he argued that the disease was contagious and transmitted by physicians. Although his ideas initially faced resistance, they were eventually widely accepted and led to significant improvements in hospital hygiene.
Parallel to his medical career, Holmes developed a prolific career as a poet, essayist, and lecturer. His poems, often characterized by their humor, wit, and reflections on life and society, made him one of the most popular poets in the United States during his time. He was one of the founders of the literary magazine The Atlantic Monthly in 1857, where he published many of his best-known essays. Holmes was also an active member of Boston's intellectual life, participating in literary clubs and scientific societies.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. passed away on October 7, 1894, in Boston, Massachusetts. His legacy endures in both medicine and literature, and he is remembered as one of the most influential figures of the 19th century in the United States. His son, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a prominent jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.