New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-08
rE7soNAL CONSIDERATIONS

Holiness first visit to the home ~ his an
ccstors was made as already noted. while he
was yet a college student. His last made in
1SSJ. when he received everywhere as a
guest of especial honor. Scarcely any American
man of letters. indeed has been better known
In England. and more admired than he. or the
appfcciatiNc tributes paid To MIN At nome. the
"Atlaniic breakfast of 1873 comes itt ngly upper
most in mind The seventeen anniversary OF
his birth occurred in August Of that year but
the formal celebration Of IL was deferred until
November l3 ON the latter day the publishers
Of The Atlantic Monthly" gave breakfast
in his honor at the Brunswick Hotel IN Boston
More than a hundred guests were prss' nj, one ui
the most impressive gatherings OF literary FOLK
ever seen upon this continent. There were
Emerson Whittier. Longfcllow. Harriet ieecher
stowe. Phillips Brooks. James 7 Fields. Julia
Ward Howe. f. G. Stcdman Francis PartInan.
Charles Dudley Warner William Winter ;. J..
Clemens. T. T. Aldrich. william D. HowelIs {.
J.. Cranch and many of their coupecrs Holmes
during the reading II a poem by Mr. Winter
was profoundly affected by the tributes paid to
him on this occasion. and nearly broke down
Il was nearly crying he afterwird SAID, anu
when | cry. | give my whole mind - II.
Again. on tn evening II Apnl - lSN5' am
WIS given in his honor at peImonico'S by
the members f the medical profession IN this
city As was fitting. the guests comprised
representatives. Of other learned professions as
well. among them being Bishop Clark 81 Khode
Island William NJ Evarts George William
Curtis and Whitclaw Reid. who mad" addresses
I'm honor Of Or. Holmes. That genial autocrat
responded 10 their greetings WIN u Ipcil "l
which the following were la" cone ludlhg verses
How can tell you on my loving friends.
What light what warmth. your joyous "eIcome
To Me- late hour? Alas my song g. su1g.
Its fading accents falt"r ON my ionSIr "
Your bushne ,ics, mas; lace ,he breath OF praise.
Speak not too we'll % one who scarce VIII know
himself transngurcd In IL r1-entc glow.
Say kindly of him. what is-chi"iy True.
Remembering always he belongs to you.
Deal with him as a truhni. n You vii .
claim him. him, call MIN hrptN"r ffl
After eighteen years residence n No.
Montgomery Place. Boston, Holmes moved -
40 lG4 Charl"s-st, and finally e. ~. 295 Yea
con-st ON one bright day. relates William
Winter who was his companion ~ IN" time.
standing At his study-window. and looking to the
north and west. across the Charles River ana the
and low-lying settlement. The veteran said as
he touched one of The pancs: Through THIS
I can seq Cambridge where ! was born, Hhr-
ward whore VAS educated, ana Mount
Auburn where I shall rest" Then. after
n pause. he added: There are few men who
can SOC So much II their lives At single glance
and through one window pane In lat" Years
he made his summer home with his daughter.
at the pleasant suburb II Beverly Farms, and
It is related that once. while dwelling th@r"' re-
Sea" he dated his reply At beverly Farms
ncar-thc- Rulroad Station"
His home life was sweet ana beautiful Ills
wife was Il Woman of grac" and culture,
whose mind in both domestic affairs and
literary lahors, was oyer exactly In tune
with his own. She Will Doe gratefully remem
hered as one ~ tn" leaders in the work NJ the
Sanitary Commission during the war. She died
ON February g. 1855. r them were born three
children The hrsi oliver Wendell Holmes, jr..
was graduated from Harvard I'm 1851. just In
fine TO enlist i'm "A volunteer regiment and
hasten 10 the seat Of war He served three
wears was wounded several tines. came home
n lieutenant colonel. and Is now a Justice Of the
Supreme Court u the State - Massachusetts,
Tho second child. Amelia Jackson Holmes.
the wife Of the late John r Sargent. She ac-
companlcd her father 10 England on his last
trip. ana figures pleasantly I'm his Hundred
DAYS Abroad" She a writer ~ marked
ability and . leader IN many benevolent works
Her death occurred In April. 1889. The third
child Edward Holmes. Is a wc-known lawyer.
Holiness first volume OF poems published
In 1896; his last in 1883. Between those dates
he sent forth many volumes. including poems
essays. travels. novels, biographies (of Motley
and Emerson. and medical and scientific
treatiscs All nave had wide circulation and
apprcciatvc reading. But II Is as poet that ne
will be most remembcrcd a poet OF human life,
emotions hopes affections whose lines
marked with a supreme felicity the like of
friend and fellow poet. William Winter In his
tribute at the "Atlantic" breakfast when the
veteran who has left us at e!ghty-fve
seventy years young:
When vloets fade the roses blow:
When laughter dies the passions wake
His royal song. that slept below.
Like Arthur's sword beneath the lake.
Long since has flashed its fiery glow
O'er all we know.
The sllkcn tress. the mant.lng vine.
Red roses. summers whispering leaves.
The lips that kiss the hands that twlne.
The heart that loves the heart that erievcs.-
They all have found n deathlcss shrine
In his rich line