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AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE.
LESSON TX. PART 2.
THE CAMBRIDGE sCHoLARs.-M.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
(1SO9-1S94.)
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Has there any old fellow got mixed with the
II there has, take him out, without maklnga
noise.
Hang the Almanac cheat, and the Catalogues
Old Time is llarl We're twenty tonight!
You hear that boy laughlnR2 You thInk he's
all In funi
But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has
done;
The children laugh loud as they troop 10 his
CALL
And the poor man that knows him laughs
lOudest Of all!
Yes' we're boys-alwayS playing with tongue
And sometimes have asked, shall we ever be
menP
Shall we always be youthful, and laughing
TIL the FAST dear companion drops smiling
away
Then here's to our boyhood, its gold and its
The stars OF It's winter, the dews OF It's Mayi
And when we are done with our llte-lastlng
Dear Father, take care OF thy children, The
Boys"
This poem, taken as a whole, describes
very wittily several OF his classmates,
some Of whom were distinguished men.
hhaoON QUhoIlONo,
/. For what is DR.. Holmes dlstln-
guished?
2. Did he sympathi2e with the tran
scendental movement?
3. What magazine Is indebted to DR..
Holmes for It's success? a.
4. What poem shows the deeper side
to DIR. Holmes nature and the poem by
which he wanted to be remembered? b.
g. Were Elsie Venner' and 1.-THE
Guardian Angel" realistic or ldealistic? c.
9. What dedicatory poem of impoT-
tance did he write?
7. What memoirs were written by
him? d.
REFERENCES AND SIDE LIGHTS.
a. He was one Of the projectors Of the
Atlantic Monthly, choosing its name, and
during the rest Of his life was 80 closely
associated with 1t that we cannot think
OF one without the other. On his sew
entieth birthday the Atlantic Monthly
publishers, to show their appreciation for
what he had done for them gave break
fast for him at which were gathered all
the noted writer's of our own country,
and many were the tributes showered
upon him from other poets and prose
writers-Watkins.
b. "The Chambered Nautilus" was in
spired by shell full of sections, each
section Of the spiral being larger than
the preceding one.
Build thee more stately mansions, my soul,
AS the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy lOW-vaulted past,
Let each new temple. nObIef than the last
Shut thee from heaven with dome more vast,
TIL thou AZ length are free,
Leaving thine OutgroWn shell by life's unrest.
Ing seal
C. ELSIE Venner" Is wildly imagina-
tive In parts, blending into the real
lstic. "The Guardian Angel" Is intensely
dramatic.
d. Memoirs Of Emerson and Motley.
QUOTATIONS FROM HOLMES.
Sin has many tools, but a lie has a
handle which fits them all.
Talking Is one OF the fine arts--the
noblest, the most important, the most
dllflcult-and its fluent harmonies may
be spoiled by the intrusion Of single
harsh note.
Memory is a net. One finds Il full Of
fish when he takes 1t from the brook,
but dozen miles of water have run
through 1t without sticking.
HIS WORKS.
Prose works: Autocrat at the Break
fast Table, Professor at the Breakfast
Table, Poet at the Breakfast Table,
Soupdings from the Atlantic, Over the
Teacups. Novels: Elsie Venner and
The Guardian Angel Memoirs Of EN-
erson and Motley. Scientific and medical
papers.
Poems: Songs In Many Keys, Songs
Of Many Seasons, Urania and the Iron
Gate. Well-known single poems: The
Wonderful 0ne-Hoss Shay, The Cham
bered Nautilus, The Last Leaf, My Aunt,
Bill and Joe, Old Ironsides and others.