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A poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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To Frederick Henry Hedge |
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Title: To Frederick Henry Hedge Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes [More Titles by Holmes] AT A DINNER GIVEN HIM ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY, With a bronze statuette of John of Bologna's Mercury, FIT emblem for the altar's side, Flamen or Auspex, Priest or Bonze, Hermes lies prone by fallen Jove, Yet snatched from Time's relentless clutch, Ask not what ore the furnace knew; Take then our gift; this airy form With eye undimmed, with strength unworn, True servant of the Heavenly Sire, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |