Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-05-10
DR.. Holmes on Hts Poems.

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At n reccnt sossion NJ the Roston
Womcn,s Edvcosions, and Irdn.tr,ai
Union Dr. Holme. was greeted with a
perfect ovation bv his aSdience. The
iirst selection was .Oid Irons,des." :"
that niece dear 70 the heart NJ every
schooi-bov orator and almost ma fnm;.
liar as n Hon.eholi word 7, IL ona ~
DIR. Holmes' oarliest nroduc,ions bnt
from the manner in wb,cL A. was ran. e
dered II was evident that tho f;ra and
spirit which ori0insiiv iHsnired the
writer were not vet extin unishod ..Ths
ncxt pieco I viii reod. y said the doe.
tor. twas comnosed Mt a time whom
nhvsic;ans were not so much g;ver IN
toctotal;sm a. At nrasant II was
written Tor a catherine NJ the resiaenco
Of Dr. RevroIis whan Iosnod % % him nv
silver punch bowl" DIR. Holmes then
read his poem. ION Lending A Punch
Bowl" The following lines. read with
that unctuous humor ebaracteristic of
DR.. Holmes. caused great merriment:
That night sYrIgbted from his neat tho
screaming eagle few;
he heard s,T tne TX ,pts9u1f'ts 9f' ringing whoop' the
And there there tho s. sache% chem learned the rule he
an taught to kith and kin;
,mels h tae os Hnliand TIi an am Ihen you nno no
The next selection was the wall.
known poem entitled "Contentment." :"
".Jobn Quincy Adams.H said Dr
Holmes. ..wrote a noem somewbat
similar tn this. tbor0h many vaers
previous to INV production. Like INV.
self he borrowed a iina from Oliver
Goldsmith. but we arrived at rather
different results.n The audience laugh.
ed heartily on the reading Of this poem.
and the modest reouirements Of the
man who wished to be contented.
"Bill and 10" was then read. "This
poem. 3" the doctor said. twas a nartic.
,lar fayorite of John q. Whittier" Il
was followed by .Brother ,Jonathnn's
Lament for Sister Caroline" .Tb;s
poem.U said DIR. Holmes. II am very
fond Of. for even among his own writ.
ings a person has a preference. Il was
written before the war. when South
Carolina frat seeded. and received a
nun,hor ~ lottor. from oantlon,on ra-
siding IN that state whlcii showed that
oven during the war there WAS some
L., ~, sn,I;s,~ tow..d. tLo N,,.L..
hihuiy lUehhR @ Vo"a'uS tho Nor'hcrn-
ers. 1haI exceeuIngiy comicai Poem'
"A Farewell 70 Agassiz, written when
the professor started on MS TRIP OF IN
vestigation 10 tne Anaes mountains,
was next read, followed by "ihe Sep
tember Galeu ana IAN Old Mans
dreams. "Ihis last poem. said the
doctor, was written IN 1904. when
considered myself very oid man,
much older than 90 now. ny sPe-
cial request, Dr: Holmes read his we'll
known poem, Dorothy - lie gave
oriei description OF the portrait on
which the piece was written, ana stated
that the picture had undergone repairs
which would tend 70 preserve 1t for
long time. Inc Original canvas had
been removed from the oack ana new
cloth mad been applied: 1t was at
present. ne said, IN MS library where
he would DC haPPy 70 snow II to
any VINO might desire 70 see It. Tho
sa. san.,i,ul .n ,. auos Ha'no,1u s'.s 'osn ueauy
.ton .no nps y. .uo a"'Noi' p"i'''ui"r'y
'ro 70 oiiuosou y. ~" s ,',so.
Not the II iii iisSt % sosssmer AZ " stirs With Ie.s
But never q cable that holds SO fast
al ans nba Sa,,es ~ 9f Tave and blast
That lives in the babbiins air so long.
The last selection was ''The CHAM
bercd Nautilus" which, DIR. Holmes
said, was the most carefully prepared
of all his poems.
At the close of the readings the doc
tor was thanked by Mrs. Gordon in