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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). Autograph manuscript signed, a 12-line poem ("Who that can pluck a flower can choose the weed..."), Boston, 22 February 1874. 1 page, oblong 4to, on a leaf perhaps from an album, the verses neatly penned in a rectangle surrounded by finely drawn and boldly colored autumn leaves, verso with note "Copyright reserved O E Whitney Boston".
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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). Autograph manuscript signed, a 12-line poem ("Who that can pluck a flower can choose the weed..."), Boston, 22 February 1874. 1 page, oblong 4to, on a leaf perhaps from an album, the verses neatly penned in a rectangle surrounded by finely drawn and boldly colored autumn leaves, verso with note "Copyright reserved O E Whitney Boston".
AN APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED POEM, not traced in standard reference sources. The poet, observing the fall of autumn leaves, wonders "who my homely verse will stay to read?" and concludes that "There shall my shred of song enshrouded lie; A leaf that dropped in memory's flowery dell; The breath of friendship stirred it and it fell, Tinged with the loving hue of autumn's fond farewell."
AN APPARENTLY UNPUBLISHED POEM, not traced in standard reference sources. The poet, observing the fall of autumn leaves, wonders "who my homely verse will stay to read?" and concludes that "There shall my shred of song enshrouded lie; A leaf that dropped in memory's flowery dell; The breath of friendship stirred it and it fell, Tinged with the loving hue of autumn's fond farewell."