Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
l .cant thee breathing courtsv.r Merchant OF

! scant thee breathing courts'y,r Merchant OF
Venice.
DR.. Barker, in few words Of earnest and
hearty welcome, in the name OF the physi-
clans Of New York, greeted the guest of the
evening. lie then called upon DR.. Nnyes,
who read poem written for the occasion.
"Our guest,' responded to by DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who read a poetic response
to the greeting, the first verse OF which IS as
follows:
Have deserved your Kindness, nav, my friends,
While the fair banquet It's Illusion lends,
Let me believe it, though the blood NAV rush.
And to my cheek recall the maiden blush
That DER II famed with nOmentnry blaze
When FIRST I heard the honeyed words OF praise.
Let me believe 1t while the roses wear
Their bloom unwithcrng in tnc heated air
Too soon, too soon, their glowing leaves must ul
The laughing echoes leave the silent hall,
10y drop hla garland. turn his empty cup,
| And weary labor take his burden up.
| How weighty that burden they can tell alone,
| Whose dial marks no moment as their Own.
"The Clergy responded TO by Right Rev.
r. NJ. Clark ID. d., bishop OF the Episcopal
diocese of Rhode Island.
ale was scholar, and ripe and good one, ex-
ceedng wise, fair spoken, ami pcrsuading.' king
Henry VIII.
The bishop said that we honor the high
priesthood of science aud art We honor the
man who has brought life and joy TO many
weary dwellings, and therefore we extend
NJ .no 80 l 'i'' ii,,a,,, Of ,bn r,,os,s r.vin,y
cd his life, quoted from his works, and con.
clndCd by saying that he stood side by side
with Oliver Goldsmith.
1.-The bar" responded to by lion. William
NJ. Evarts.
"why might that not he the skull OF a law
| Where he his quidle's now ~
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,,ia y ,,o ,,a,,;,s and vat;I' II nr Holmes
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Ia, ~ r. Gn,Il,ri Thon,n.
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Dr. Thomas speakinG 10y the profession,
culogi2ed Dr. Holiness skill in medicine and
claimed him as one 81 US By honolins
Dr. lioIliies thc phls:cinsul Nc" 0rk non
orcd themselves. Where Inc lame % tue or
binary physician ends Dr. Holiness begins.
lie has taught groat and important lessons
and done more to urlnS me profession III an
agreeable contact tllhh any o'ncr man nc
was poet, philosopher ana physIch'l' IL,
hiitouchrdth one choruthhl h'aoc l"' ""'''
akin, o. ,v,,
"Lilelalurc," responded by George VIII
nam Nur'is'
"A Kind OF medicine ~ iisclf'-Mea'1rr Tor Mr'
sure.
| VI ,,. T. .i..,, ..;t., IT,.
MIR. Curtis, AS he rendered tr'Siif l" lH'
honorcd guest OF the evening, whose scVHi'i
odd wears rested seemingly SO lightly ON him
spoke of his genius and simplicity. Ih'
hand of DR.. Holmes hid blushing, grateful
face Mr. Curtis said that all faction
claimed Oliver Wendell Holmes and all pco
pie spoke of him in praise. lie had been as
signed TO speak of Literature" and IL
| 81 pakin.r on that subject would nav all trb