Poetic Openings : Oliver Wendell Holmes to Oliver Wendell Holmes

Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : Martha : First Line : SEXTON! Martha's dead and gone;
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : My Aviary : First Line : THROUGH my north window, in the wintry weather,--
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : Poem ( Halleck Monument Dedication ) : First Line : SAY not the Poet dies!
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : Stivation : First Line : An Unpublished Poem, by my late Latin Tutor.
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : Sun And Shadow : First Line : As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green,

Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : The Boys : First Line : HAS there any old fellow got mixed with the boys?
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : The Chambered Nautilus : First Line : THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : The Dorchester Giant : First Line : THERE was a giant in time of old,
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : The Flower Of Liberty : First Line : WHAT flower is this that greets the morn,
Poet : Oliver Wendell Holmes : Poem : The Height Of The Ridiculous : First Line : I WROTE some lines once on a time